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Ruth Deutschmann

Benjamin Epp

Salzburg

2000-03-03

1938

And I mean, the Heroes 'Square was the Heroes' Square. How many people were unhappy behind the curtains, saw not one, but so many people have (clap) I never seen together again on the road, as then .. Another fun experience of invasion by the troops: My brother and I are excited and screaming, waving to those on the road, and there goes by a Bavarian soldier and said: ". Shut up, wait and see comes out, what" Yes. But, as I said, I was excited, and for me was no question, asking to speak to war but to defend their own country, that was it. The conquest of a large living room and so on, for me that was not an issue. And that probably have the most perceived as such, were with me, so .. The first time came (Adolf Hitler) a few days after the connection to Innsbruck. I see him only from the station quite small, the brown stain on the top balcony of the Hotel Tyrol, and I'm crazy in front of screaming and excitement almost. Then we have as leaders formed the cordon, so to speak, as he delivered his first speech in the exhibition hall in Innsbruck. And that was quite a big deal for me. Since I was just close my idol. Although it has then added annoyances, you had the feeling that he is the great man, he did it, he is the miracle man. And by 1938, up against the war, there was also this: Where he was, there came all streamed in, and "Hail," and God knows what. I mean, he seemed just like a miracle worker, so Germany has freed from his terrible situation. That he was not alone and that he (pre-thought) has prepared the extent that one has experienced the first time. But in any case he has full use of this wave, and suddenly something was Germany. Suddenly there was work, at whose expense is another question, but it was there. And in Austria: Suddenly, it was work, there were homes, what went on, suddenly. So, the feeling has been: a great start, right? If I can tell you even a little experience in the days after the break. We had a teacher who was very, very pro Patriotic Front, and so on, and was regarded as dangerous for us, although we never learn that he has someone really dipped, but we have had the feeling that is dangerous. In the days after the break we were, I think three of the road, and then we saw him from afar to come up with a bike. We wanted to show it, so we put us and said "Heil Hitler" And who said so a bit tired and sad: "Heil Hitler .." and kept going. And then I'm miserable and I was ashamed because I had the feeling: "My God, what the hell, I mean, what he did to us what I have done it" I was immediately very unhappy about this scene, but first we have shown him wonderfully .. Who he is now.