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Ruth Deutschmann

Benjamin Epp

Innsbruck

2008-08-21

1929

I was sergeant. I am still never come because I'm not interested in the military. So if you have not all been through, you could not even advance. But I was not long - I'm just the first three months, or perhaps even less, because they have seen the military already like that with me, can not proceed easily. The sergeant, who was illiterate, has given me a slap. At the very beginning. He has called me, "Okelerimi!" This means glasses man who translated - that was Romanian. And he gave me a slap in the face, gave me his glasses smashed. And as I was - I have not seen. Nothing at all. Because I was short-sighted as now. As you get older, it will be more far-sighted, so changed that and the regimental commander has seen since he was just out there. So, that was so. I thought - it was on guard duty that night at the entrance of the barracks, just outside the main door. And there is the regiment commander arrived and he wanted to test me or something. I got it stopped, because in the barracks could not just go like this. If you are just come in, were perhaps 20 feet, as were all the offices and so on and it was forbidden. I then had a mandate to protect everything where it goes. And then I have that is shot into the air again - and he said yes, I mean it very seriously. Since he came to me and apologized. And this man I was then not long left in the barracks and took me to his apartment. And with him in the apartment was his wife or girlfriend or what. I do not know. I have never asked, it did not interest me. And that has actually done anything. She's been sitting all day in an armchair. But we rode out. There was even possible. Maybe yes .. And I talked to her about everything. Just as we at that time was the time, was the French - now everything is in English. And this is better, because French is surely a cultural language, but more no more. So deal .. Areas as in Africa and so on, where even speaking French. But English is important. Esperanto was before. And I've learned. That's what I could. So I could with each .. To speak for it was for me one .. an opportunity to talk with people whose language I have never known. That was - that one has learned at school. Well - that's das. Yes, I have looked - so I looked. One is so walked around. Yes. - Let's go further.