What matters in life? They survived two world wars and witnessed the Hindenburg airship go up in flames in 1937, as well as the public debut of the first bikini in 1946. They experienced the transition from horse-drawn carriages to cars, and the invention of vacuum cleaners, zippers, nylon stockings, and ballpoint pens. Only a few people are witnesses to an entire century. What does it feel like to live for a hundred years? What does a normal daily routine look like? Does death play a role in daily life? Wolfgang Paterno and Eva Walisch spoke with twenty-five elderly individuals—from a simple farmer's wife to a theater actor—who share their worries and needs, dreams and wishes. The result is twenty-five moving portraits of centenarians, whose wit and wisdom, history and stories must not be lost.