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Willi is about 18 here

Stuttgart

Close of the Stuttgart chapter: journeyman visitors, friction with the boss, and leaving for a new post in Auerbach

Diary page 17

Translated from Willi's German.

Ehinger, Kanninger and Nutz came to us as travelling journeymen, and we always had our worries until each of them had somewhere to sleep for the night. My brother Alfons visited us too, as did Paul's parents, and some people from Villingen such as Kopp, Ernst, Heller and so on. It felt almost like home, even here in Stuttgart, a place I simply could not take to. And so I began to lay plans to move on. But the professional course I was attending was not yet over. I had great difficulty when I needed a model to work on. Then one Saturday my boss told me I had to work faster and not dawdle so. That was the end of it for me. I at once looked for a position where I could also find work in the ladies' trade. I got a fine offer from Auerbach, and off I went there. Over a litre of wine in the Stuttgart town hall we had a simple farewell drink. Stuttgart itself is a magnificent city, large, with beautiful hills all around and good theatres. One of the railway stations was still not quite finished when I left.

People: Willi Distel, Alfons Distel, Paul (family), Kopp, Ernst, Heller, Ehinger, Kaenninger, Nutz

Places: Stuttgart, Villingen, Auerbach, Stuttgart Rathaus, Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof

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