What a lovely dress!
Hello!
Hello everyone!
Who are you?
I'm Inge Ginsberg.
Frau Ginsberg!
I've got fans in the audience.
Frau Ginsberg, I know I shouldn't ask,
but can you tell us how old you are?
I'm very proud of it: I'm nearly 94.
No!
And my biggest talent isn't singing:
it's surviving.
You haven't performed yet but we love you already.
That's lovely.
What connection do you have with Switzerland?
I arrived in Switzerland as a refugee in 1942.
Switzerland was very kind and took in refugees.
Then I looked after a villa in Lugano for the American secret service.
The partisans' villa.
The first members of the Italian resistance were organized in this villa.
I smuggled weapons to Domodossola, Italy.
What a great story! Amazing!
Frau Ginsberg,
have you ever in your short life stood on a stage before?
- Never.
- Never?!
Never. This the very first time I've stood on a stage and held a microphone in my hand.
I need to keep reminding myself to speak into it.
And why am I doing this? We can live to the age of 120.
And that's what I want. 120 years old!
It's important to stay connected to life and surround yourself with young people
and keep doing things you've never done before.
You may well laugh at me, but not until you've done the same.
Frau Ginsberg, we're all very much looking forward to your performance.
Best of luck. Lots and lots of luck.
Thank you.
Where are my partners?
And how old are they, even older?
Oh, a band, yes.
That is Lucia
and that's Dr. Professor da Silva.
She's a famous pianist.
They're only doing it for my sake, so that I can have fun.
I have to keep looking at them otherwise I won't know when to begin.
We smash atoms
and destroy the world
and don’t care
how the fragments feel
We destroy families
and destroy dignity
we poison the flowers
and chop down the trees
And when everything...
...is in ruins
the scream is heard:
“What have we done?”
“What have we done?”
We destroy culture
and annihilate nature
we choke in filth
everything good and beautiful is gone
And when everything...
...is in ruins
the scream is heard:
“What have we done?”
“What have we done?”
Now start everything new!
Frau Ginsberg, you’re really a hell of woman!
I was expecting a lot.
Edith Piaf, or something of that kind, 
like Marylin Monroe.
But that was first class.
And your accompaniment is…
My accompaniment is first class.
Yes, the best I’ve ever heard.
We have an expert here…
Frau Ginsberg, I am really very, very proud of you!
That we were able to experience 
this here, this evening,
and is it your own composition…
I wrote the text and the music was 
written by both of them.
Frau Ginsberg I have to tell you,
when a woman has led a life the way you did 
and has had so much experience
and has survived so much and sings 
“what have we done?”
then a lot of people should seriously wonder.
I think it is great and I would be happy 
if I could get a kiss from you…
It’s the most beautiful reward.
Who knows if I will ever experience such thing again…
Thank you so much. Thank you so much.
Susanne…
Frau Ginsberg, I think it’s great, 
you have so much anger
and rebellion that you want to get out of your system and you don’t swallow down frustration
like many other people your age, maybe because they might feel a little excluded from society…
I don’t care.
Yes, exactly, that’s great! That is so great!
You’re just the opposite of grey and bitter! 
You are young and juicy!
- OK.
- Really cool!
Monsieur Cress…
Frau Ingsberg, for me it’s a great honor to be here this evening and I’m going to tell you why.
The story of the house in Lugano… I’ve seen it. I don’t know whether it was a movie or on TV.
And the fact that I’m meeting someone like you here now is a great honor for me. Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Let’s vote now. Which means... Bligg?
- YES!
- Yes!
Susanne...
Then I looked after a villa in Lugano for the American secret service.
The partisans' villa.
The first members of the Italian resistance were organized in this villa.
I smuggled weapons to Domodossola, Italy.
What a great story! Amazing!
have you ever in your short life stood on a stage before?
Frau Ginsberg,
- Never.
- Never?!
Never. This the very first time I've stood on a stage and held a microphone in my hand.
I need to keep reminding myself to speak into it.
And why am I doing this? We can live to the age of 120.
And that's what I want. 120 years old!
It's important to stay connected to life and surround yourself with young people
and keep doing things you've never done before.
Fantastic! I am so sorry that I didn’t start before. 
But I still have 30 more years to go.
