Hallo. Sie sehen Interview Project Germany.
Heute treffen wir Josef Kaiser.
Das Team fand Josef am Ende des
Tages vor seinem Haus sitzend. 
Viel Spaß beim Interview.
Josef Kaiser, Cappeln. I was born here too,
always been on the farm.
Yes, a farmer. And I’ll be 83 years old next month.
Oh, childhood, well, it was different from today. So we had
to help out working, digging potatoes and whatnot.
And then I was drafted into the army when I was still
quite young, 17 and a half, when I was 17 and a half years old.
And I also spent half a year in an American prison camp …
And I was still very young. That’s why
I came home a little sooner.
I wasn’t yet 18 when I came back.
There was a baker nearby, where you got lovely frosted
zwieback, and I thought about becoming a baker.
But nothing came of it, because I stayed in farming, you know?
Yes, that was it. I’ve been a farmer here
since I was young and that was it.
Oh, I still had a few relationships with women, you know?
But I was 33 when I married and my wife had to …
I had to wait until she was 21.
Back then, the parents also had to come
along to the registrar’s office.
As soon as she was 21 we got married. And by
the time she was 28 we had four children.
Yes, and they all turned out well. They are all on the ball.
Yes, we also have eight or nine grandchildren by now. Well.
I’ve been retired for 20 years now, right? And I am
happy that I still work a little on the farm at least.
I don’t get bored here like many people do.
In the countryside that doesn’t happen. I can still go
to the stables every day and that keeps me fit, too.
I actually like to get up in the morning around half past six.
And …
It is all somewhat better now than it used to be.
As I’ve always yet said, I’ve gotten
through life pretty well, actually.
I’m completely satisfied with myself and my surroundings.
That must be enough.
