Youngladyof95

Oh yea, I speak German all the time with my friends and family that speak the language. I still have many friends over in Germany and we talk on the phone sometimes.

However, I didn't teach my children to speak German because in the late 1940s and 1950s, it was looked down upon to speak the language publicly. Although I spoke German to my husband at home, I didn't want to teach it to my children because we were Americans - not Germans.

More English, haha.

Yeah, I had a very nice childhood. In the summer time, we had a garden next to the wood warehouse (hardware store), so my father used to say "get me a tomato and a beer." So I had the bierstein and and I would go to the tavern and got the beer. And on the way back I would drink the foam off the beer.

Well for me being 16 it took a while to adjust myself. I was scared to go on the phone because of my accent. My clothes were German. Although my shoes were stylish at the time because they were rubber boots. Everyone wanted to know where they came from.

The jet engine revolutionized transportation. Same for the helicopter.

The television also had a huge impact. The radio was also very impressive, even though it had already been invented at the time I was born. Interesting story...during the 1930s, my family owned a radio but as soon as WWII broke out, we were required to give it up. We gave the radio to our super and got it back after the war was over.