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WHEREVER THEY MAY BE
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and in which now, as in the past, they play
hardly any role in politics. A political role means participating in the real
responsibilities, in the destiny of our country. How many women have done this
in the whole history of Germany?
Doubtless this lack of participation
by women in politics is one of the basic reasons for the political imbalance of
our country and for the ease with which it allows itself to be dragged into
disasters.
Public opinion in Germany is now in the process of taking a
dangerous turn which will once again lead to a domesticated woman dedicated to
providing her husband with the greatest possible comfort and to her natural
reproductive function.
I belonged to the German Social
Democratic Party. After my book was published, Willy Brandt, who at that time
was mayor of West Berlin, received me in his office and told me about his stay
in Paris after he had fled his country in 1937. I know many Germans consider
him a traitor, but I admire him for not having said, "My country right or
wrong."
I was to meet Willy Brandt again later.
When I went
back to work at OFA in October 1966, my job in the information division had
been eliminated for "budgetary reasons." I found myself back at the typewriter,
and sometimes at the switchboard, frustrated by lack of opportunity for
creative work.
In December 1966, our whole family rented a spacious
six room apartment in a splendid turn-of-the- century building on rue de
l'Alboni overlooking the Seine. My sister-in-law, my brother-in-law, their
four- month-old son Maldoror, Raissa, and the three of us all moved in
together. It is in this very building and in this very apartment that they
filmed, after our departure in 1970, the celebrated movie The Last Tango in
Paris.
Our pets were also part of the family: Minette, our alley
cat; Nikita, Tanya's white cat; Petia, the gentle cocker spaniel; and Kroutch,
the hamster. Serge budgeted our expenses: we paid two-fifths of the rent; Tanya
and Alik, the same; Raissa, one-fifth.
I was in charge of the food, and
two or three times a week I went marketing at Les Halles. We were able to hire
a maid and two au pair girls – one for the morning, the other for
the afternoon – to look after the children. It was a fascinating
experience, this family kibbutz in Passy. Just as we were getting settled
there, Kurt-Georg Kiesinger
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