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Ruth Deutschmann

Benjamin Epp

Lienz

2008-05-06

Sylvia Manning - Baumgartner

Nicole D´Incecco

1954

I was born in Tristach near Lienz in 1930. My parents had fourteen children and I'm the third-oldest. I must say, I had a nice and a not so nice childhood. When I was three years old I had to leave home for the first time. My family weren't farmers; father was a simple worker. So I spent time with this farmer and then with that farmer - until I was 14 years old I spent maybe 3 or 4 years at home, otherwise I was always at a farmer's. When I was 14 years old I went to Lienz. There I worked at Dina Mariner for a year, that was a photography shop. One year I was a housekeeper at Geiger's shop, another year I worked at Ulersberger's bakery and one year at the Seeber nursery. When that was over I was about 19 or 20 years old. Then I went to Switzerland for four years and worked as a housekeeper in the mornings and as a waitress in a café in the afternoons. So, as I said, I was 24 years old when I went home again. For one year I worked at the restaurant at Iselsberg. I don't remember what it was called, up there on Iselsberg. I worked in the rooms there - as a chambermaid, and then I went to the shoe factory in Lienz for four years. Then I met my husband in the kitchen at home. And then we married in 1957. Afterwards I went back to Lienz to work for half a year. We had - there was nothing there yet, it was under construction. So I had to continue working here. It went on like that until my house was finished. That was my life. Work - work and only work. I have two children, two sons. I must say, they are hard-working, I'm very happy about that. One is 40, 46 years old - he works for the national health insurance in Lienz. The other one is a presenter at Radio Osttirol and works with Thum, at the car dealership. Well, I think my son will take over one day. It won't be long now. Because I'm old. That's the way it is.