Selbstbau – oral history

I learned a lot at the construction site

So the building site was very chaotic at the beginning. I stood there heavily pregnant on the scaffolding with a cable drum in tow and a heating pad on my stomach and painted the balcony grilles. The builders didn’t understand …

I was fitter than ever back then. I wanted to take part in the marathon and was in Aikido. We worked so hard on the building site with so much enthusiasm that I forgot I was pregnant. I learned a lot on the building site. I had no idea about wood, for example. … We came here at a time of great upheaval in our lives. IF YOUR FIND YOURSELF AT THE EDGE – JUMP! Chaos was probably up my ass because of the pregnancy hormones.