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Heute treffen wir Kurt Adler.
Das Team interviewte Kurt im Haus seiner Tochter.
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My name is Kurt Adler.
I live in Wertheim-Bettingen, Hirtenhäuslein 1.
My age is 71 years.
Yes! I was born in Wertheim-Bettingen in 1939.
My father immediately …
When the war began, went off to war.
During the war, mother was completely alone.
She had someone from Poland, as a menial.
Back then they were called menial, you know?
And we had a little farm with 10 hectares.
My father returned from the war, thank God.
And then the guessing began, what will you do?
Sending job applications everywhere, all sorts of,
job interviews. There was nothing to do.
And then I’ve registered myself to study agriculture,
or simply to learn agriculture, you know?
And then as a little fellow …
I was 14 years old then, I was in charge of 400 hens then.
So, sheds, right? And then I had to take care of the hens.
That was my first job, you know?
Yes, and then I’ve met my wife. She was there in her free time.
They had peas, pick-peas. And then she came there in her holidays,
and picked peas. And her stepmother also worked at this farm.
And that’s where we’ve met.
I’m rather sensitive, you know?
My wife, thank God that she isn’t, right?
She’s more light-hearted and all, she doesn’t take it that seriously.
I sometimes take things too seriously.
My daughter and the children always say,
“Father, you are so conservative,” and stuff.
But I can’t change myself. But it’s fine like that and
we always find a common way then, right?
I’m proud of what we’ve achieved at home.
We’ve rebuilt a lot here, and added on a lot, and all sorts of things.
It was a lot of work yet. We just enjoyed it.
For the circumstances that we’ve had
we came a long way, you know?
I think. And I’m proud. In this respect, I’m proud of it, yes.
Now? I let my mind dangle, as I always say, right?
You go where your mind takes you.
And what isn’t good you let go, right?
Those are my maxims now.
And I think that I can keep on living like this, for some years.
With my wife, that we can be together.
And the children too, everything.
No appointments, I just take what comes today.
I thank God for each day that I’m alive and that I can
get up each morning, and my mind is there, right?
And my biggest, my biggest fear is that
I’ll be in need of care somehow later.
That’s my biggest drawback, it always occupies me, you know?
