Lisi annette himstedt biography

In 1948 in Bad Lauchstadt near Meseberg (Leipzig) Annette Himstedt was born. This is roughly 300km east of Paderborn and about 600km from Breda. She grew up, from age four onwards, in the Falkensee on the outskirts of Berlin.

She had a four year older sister with whom she walked to school every day. For her, at the time, this was an adventure.

When she was eight years old her father was forced to become an accountant for a political party (SED) in east Germany (DDR).

Lisi annette himstedt biography

He did not want to co-operate, this resulted in the family fleeing to the west in 1956. The Berlin wall had not been built yet but security was very rigorous. Her parents were planning their escape meticulously and after a week managed to smuggle everything to the western side.

The family soon followed with some others in a small van to the ‘free’ west.

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In the first refugee camp Annette became seriously ill with a middle ear infection. After three weeks her health improved as did her living environment. Another year