Excited and full of anticipation, we looked to the future back then! Join us in reminiscing about the first 18 years of life - your childhood and youth! Being born in 1952 means growing up in a time of change, reorientation, and technological advancement. Orders and values shifted, and the existence shaped by deprivation and scarcity in post-war Germany blossomed into a prosperous society. We experienced the economic miracle, wore short lederhosen, read pulp magazines, let our hair grow, and eagerly awaited our driver's licenses. Let's also remember tin toys and tube radios, outdoor toilets, school, dance classes, the birth control pill, and much more.