:03:13
My parents were
sort of middle-class people.
:03:16
My father was
a middle-level bank manager.
:03:18
My mother was a lady of leisure.
:03:21
And I was a very-much-desired first chiId.
:03:25
They were both around 30 or so.
:03:28
We had one of these very nice apartments
in Vienna, with a high ceiling...
:03:33
...lots of light, as l remember it,
and big windows...
:03:36
...and I guess I was spoiIed.
:03:38
In addition to them,
there was the inevitabIe maid...
:03:41
...nursemaid in the house in those days.
:03:43
My grandmother Iooked in often
and Iived nearby.
:03:47
lt was, in many ways, a rather idyllic life.
:03:50
And I was indeed
the center of the universe.
:04:11
There was my mother, father...
:04:13
...and my sister,
who was four years younger than me.
:04:15
We had a very happy, carefree childhood.
:04:20
My father was aIways busy
during the week...
:04:22
...but when he was home,
he often took me for waIks.
:04:26
By the river mostly.
And we talked about everything.
:04:31
That brought us probabIy cIoser.
:04:35
l always felt that my father and l
were protecting my mother and sister.
:04:40
I don´t know
what we were protecting them from.
:04:52
I was about 8 years oId...
:04:54
...when HitIer came to power.