With her first book "During the Engagement, Someone Throws a Herring at the Ceiling," actress Hilde Ziegler (1939-1999) also made a name for herself as an author. In it, she returns to the time and village of her childhood, Weil am Rhein - 700 meters from the Swiss border and three kilometers from the French border. The memories of the girl come together to form an impressive picture that depicts life in a border town - "depending on how the wind blows, you can hear the bells of Basel or the gunfire in Alsace" - during a difficult time. The result is an idiosyncratic chronicle of the war and post-war years.