The war finally ended in 1945. During the next years two great things happened—my dad came home from army, and I was born! I was the first child but I wasn't alone for long because my mother had three more boys in the next four years.

    It was great to have a big family. The four of us were very close in age, so we played together all the time. We liked the game "policeman and thieves" best. It was exciting and everybody wanted to be a thief. Of course someone had to be the policeman and it was usually me.

    Well, I have grown up now, but I still love the game. There is only one thing different. I'm a real policeman, policeman Joe, so it is not a game any more.

— At 4:00 in the afternoon.