What was it like growing up in East Germany before the Berlin wall was knocked down?
My memories about my childhood are all really positive because my mum really tried to give me everything which I needed, love, dedication, food. The thing is, something I learnt over the years is, something you don’t know you don’t miss. We didn’t have any fresh fruit as an example beside of apples but I didn’t miss it because I didn’t know any bananas. So therefore my general memory is a good one because I had a good child hood because my mum tried really hard to provide me with one. She also raised me as a person that’s not taking things for granted on one hand and the other thing as well is to question everything. So if someone tells you this is the way it is and you think it is wrong then question it, try to change it. Obviously we had quite a few problems with that and a dictatorship like we had in East Germany, so on that hand it was a little hectic sometimes. But then again for a teenager it’s always really cool to swim against the stream. My mum always used to say ‘It’s cool to
