I do not deny my German identity. But I also feel Swiss. Of my eight great-grandparents, seven were born Swiss. I have been living in Switzerland for more than 50 years.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm quite fond of Switzerland. I love Switzerland.
My mother was born in Switzerland, my stepfather in Canada.
I love the German and the Swiss people for their many fine traits of character. I love their language that is so exacting and yet so expressive.
I'm German in my mind, but from a Germany that doesn't exist any more.
Few people know that I grew up in Germany and that my family still lives there.
My grandmother was German. She was an immigrant, and my great grandfather fought in World War I and was stationed in France.
If you travel to Germany, it's still absolutely Germany. If you travel to Sweden, it still has a Swedish identity.
I know thousands of German's who are totally different from me, so we're not alike, we're not the same.
My friends often tell me how very German I still am.
I've lived for 10 years in Switzerland, so I speak German.