I
lived the first 14 years of my life in a
Catholic family in a village which consisted of
around 2,000 inhabitants. Among these, there
were four or five non-German families and ours
was one of them. Even though my parents were
foreigners (father French, mother Croatian), we
had a "German" upbringing…
We stood up, and he started
to place his hand on each person's forehead and
make a supplication… They all fell flat on
their backs without even bending their knees...
Let me start my story at the beginning and share it with you as it unfolded… I did not become interested in religion and the belief in God until I was about 10 years old…