Ruth Deutschmann

Benjamin Epp

Innsbruck

2008-05-01

1809

t was in the war an issue. Since we have had a history teacher from the far north. So, for us the children was just an Piefke. And I had found almost perverse, like who gives us the Andreas Hofer brought close. He has taught history very well. Of course, current events, he had to teach. But the Andreas Hofer we have learned .. As a task we had to always do what he has taught drawing. My history booklet was full of drawings. Yes, and I remember well, as I am helping my aunt, the Andreas Hofer draw. And Bismarck and stuff. But in between the current events wait, that was certainly not the right thing. Those were certainly historical lies. Ancient history, then we have already learned after the war's end. But the more recent history we have never learned. The Austrian history we have never learned. This was perhaps not the curriculum. Above all, there were no books, and was probably left to each teacher, he teaches us there. It made me not interested. Probably because I've noticed as a child that in any case not all true, I have no interest in it had. While geography has always interested me. Since I always wanted to go there then, and like to have such individual trips made. Des was - was interesting. But since hamer ghabt also no books. An Atlas ghabt Hamer. That was all. And always sonsch mitgschrieben. All logged. What you have learned about Andreas Hofer? Of course, our national hero! Today we are so very critical of this form over. But then, of course, that was the national hero who freed the Tyrol by the Bavarians and the French. And as the Tyrolean? which we have made drawings, as they have let down mudslides on the French. It was so exciting. Now of course you think differently about this story. We do not know exactly how the time was the time really. But he has certainly tried also for religious reasons to defend the country. What he has succeeded so well, to some degree. Yes, we have learned, we have been held up even as a brave example. But otherwise we have learned from Austrian and German history, not much. I have it at least not in memory.