B: I already knew Gunter Puttrich during my youth when I lived in Hamburg.
B: ICH2
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1
B: gunter
B: $ALPHA1:T
B: t
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: puttrich
B: ICH2
B: KENNEN1A
B: FRÜHER2*
B: [MG]
B: JUNG2*
B: jung
B: ZEIT7C*
B: zeit
B: ICH1
B: FRÜHER2
B: HAMBURG1*
B: ham{burg}
B: ZEIT7C*
B: zeit
B: EINTRETEN1A
B: ein{treten}
B: He was in the school for the Deaf there as well.
B: gunter
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1
B: $INDEX1*
B: DA1*
B: HAMBURG1*
B: hamburg
B: SCHULE3
B: schule
B: AUCH3A
B: auch
B: KOMMEN1
B: I met him and I saw right away that he was an unconventional type and that he dressed accordingly.
B: ICH1
B: TREFFEN2B
B: WIE4A*
B: wie
B: TOLERANT1*
B: WIE4A*
B: wie
B: klamott
B: KLAMOTTE1
B: ||$GEST-OFF^*
B: VERSCHIEDEN1*
B: [MG]
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: We also worked out together.
B: ICH2
B: TREFFEN1
B: [MG]
B: sport
B: SPORT1*
B: MIT3
B: I often saw him during track practice.
B: leichtathletik
B: LEICHTATHLETIK1*
B: ICH1*
B: OFT1B*
B: oft
B: ZUSAMMEN1A
B: SEHEN1*
B: I admired him for his open-minded attitude, and the way he communicated.
B: WIE4A*
B: wie
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1
B: [MG]
B: WIE4A*
B: wie
B: TALENT3
B: [MG]
B: WIE4A*
B: wie
B: ÖFFENTLICH1*
B: off{en}
B: AUF-OFFEN1
B: off{en}
B: WIE4A*
B: wie
B: ICH1
B: SEHEN1*
B: SEHR6^
B: I was a real fan.
B: ICH1*
B: WIE4A*
B: wie
B: FAN2*
B: fan
B: Gunter fascinated me, I really wanted to talk to him and be up to date on the things he did.
B: anf{ang}
B: ANFANG1A*
B: ICH2
B: STAUNEN1*
B: [MG]
B: FASZINIEREND2
B: [MG]
B: GEBÄRDEN1A*
B: [MG]
B: FASZINIEREND2
B: [MG]
B: WIE4A*
B: FOLGEN1B^*
B: [MG]
B: WIE4A*||$GEST-OFF^*
B: wie
B: FASZINIEREND2
B: [MG]
B: AUF-PERSON1
B: That's how that continued for a while.
B: ABLAUF2^*
B: [MG]
B: Later on, he introduced me to Deaf Culture and Deaf Theater.
B: FÜHREN3A*
B: führen
B: ICH2
B: [MG]
B: KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1
B: [MG]
B: theater
B: FRAGE1
B: THEATER6*
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: KULTUR1A*
B: kultur
B: IN1*
B: [MG]
B: KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1
B: He even took me to the theater in France.
B: ICH1
B: IN1*
B: [MG]
B: FRANKREICH2*
B: fra{nkreich}
B: theater
B: THEATER6*
B: MANNSCHAFT1^
B: auch
B: AUCH3A
B: ICH2
B: MIT2*
B: mit
B: We went to parties together.
B: FEIERN1*
B: ZUSAMMEN7
B: He showed me so much; I was involved in everything.
B: WIE4A*
B: wie
B: ZEIGEN1A
B: ICH2
B: DABEI1A*
B: [MG]
B: It continued like that for two or three years.
B: SPÄTER7*
B: JAHR1A*
B: zwei jahr
B: JAHR1A*
B: drei jahr
B: SCHON1A
B: Then I was fed up with him so to speak, I knew him inside out, how he behaved in terms of his style of signing and everything, and so we began to see each other less.
B: ICH2*
B: LANGSAM1
B: langsam
B: SATT1
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1
B: gunter
B: KENNEN1A
B: SEIN-IHR1
B: STIL2
B: stil
B: KENNEN1A
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: [MG]
B: WENIG7B
B: Later he moved back to Berlin, and then we started seeing each other again.
B: berlin
B: BERLIN1B*
B: ||UMZIEHEN1*
B: WIEDER1B*
B: wie{der}
B: da
B: DA1
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: IMMER4A*
B: GEBÄRDEN1D
B: [MG]
B: He had barely changed.
B: ICH1*
B: SEHEN1*
B: VERGANGENHEIT1*
B: ||JUNG2
B: jung
B: VERBINDUNG2*
B: WIE-IMMER1*
B: [MG]
B: SPÄTER7*
B: To be honest, he was a really great guy.
B: WIE4A*||$INDEX1
B: wie
B: WAHR2
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1
B: gunter
B: SEHR6
B: [MG]
B: PERSON1
B: [MG]
B: JA1A
B: ja
B: We saw each other every once in a while, but not more than that.
B: wie
B: WIE4A*
B: ICH1*
B: SEHEN1
B: sehen
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: SPÄTER7*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: Until he died.
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1
B: gunt{er}
B: BIS1
B: bis
B: TOD2*
B: to{t}
B: Of course, I was shocked and upset.
B: KLAR1B
B: klar
B: SCHOCK2A
B: schock
B: KLAR1B*
B: klar
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: I couldn't believe it.
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: ES-GIBT3*
B: es gibt nicht
B: One or two days before he died I had seen him totally alive.
B: ICH1*
B: GEWESEN1*
B: gewesen
B: FRÜHER1*
B: WIE4A*
B: wie
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1
B: eins
B: $NUM-EINER1A:2
B: zwei
B: VORHER2
B: vorher
B: ICH1*
B: SEHEN1
B: GEHEN2A*
B: SEHEN-AUF2*
B: We even said hello.
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: gunter
B: HALLO1*
B: [MG]
B: GEBÄRDEN1D
B: HALLO2*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: We were both receiving training to become sign language teachers, and we always had great discussions about various topics with each other in class.
B: BILDUNG1*
B: ausbildung
B: $INDEX1
B: gebärd{ensprach}dozent
B: GEBÄRDENSPRACHE1B*
B: DOZENT1
B: BILDUNG1*
B: ausbildung
B: TREFFEN2B
B: GEBÄRDEN1D
B: [MG]
B: WIE4A*
B: ICH2*
B: SCHREIBEN1A*
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: wie
B: tauschen tauschen
B: TAUSCHEN2*
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: TAUSCHEN2*
B: I saw him sitting in a café and signing with others. I liked that.
B: ICH2
B: PLÖTZLICH4^*
B: SEHEN-AUF1
B: SITZEN1A*
B: PLÖTZLICH4^*
B: [MG]
B: KAFFEE2A
B: café
B: SITZEN1A*
B: [MG]
B: UNTERHALTUNG2A
B: [MG]
B: ICH2*
B: SEHEN-AUF1
B: [MG]
B: SCHÖN1A
B: I said to my husband, “Come, do you want to go sit with them?”
B: ICH2
B: LEBENSPARTNER1
B: [MG]
B: BESCHEID1A
B: KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1
B: gu{nter}
B: BESUCHEN1B*
B: [MG]
B: UNTERHALTUNG2A
B: [MG]
B: But this time, he didn't want to go, he wasn't feeling well that week. But he wanted to do so the week after.
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: SAGEN1
B: sag
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-ÜBERLEGEN2^
B: NÄCHSTE1
B: nächsten m{al}
B: HEUTE1*
B: heute
B: MOMENT1*
B: mom{ent}
B: KÖRPER1^*
B: [MG]
B: Gunter still looked alright then and we simply kept on walking.
B: ICH2
B: STIMMT1B*
B: stimm
B: SEHEN-AUF2*
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1
B: WENN1A*
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: SEHEN-AUF2*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: [MG]
B: GEHEN2A
B: [MG]
B: He died one or two days later.
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: $NUM-EINER1A:2d*
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1d
B: ein
B: $NUM-EINER1A:2d
B: zwei
B: TAG1A*
B: tag
B: SPÄTER5
B: TOD2
B: I got a text.
B: ICH2*
B: SCHICKEN4B*
B: HANDY2
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: I couldn't believe it.
B: FADEN-VERLIEREN2^
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: Nobody had expected it.
B: STERBEN2
B: ICH1*
B: NICHT3A*
B: nicht
B: ERWARTUNG1C
B: erwart
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: A great loss for the Deaf community.
B: WIE4A*
B: wie
B: $GEST-HAND-AUF-BRUST1^
B: [MG]
B: WIE4A*
B: wie
B: VERLUST1C
B: verlust
B: AUF-PERSON1*
B: WIE4A*
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: gehörlos
B: gemeinschaft
B: BEREICH1A^*
A: Yes, that's true.
B: GEMEINSCHAFT1B
B: VERLUST1C
B: verlust
A: JA1A
B: It was really hard on me.
B: WAHR2
B: wahr
B: FÜR1*
B: für
B: SEHR6^
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: I was around him a lot because of my sport activities with him.
B: ICH2*
B: ZEIT7C*
B: zeit
B: FRÜHER1*
B: [MG]
B: SPORT1*
B: sport
B: viel
B: VIEL1A*
B: ICH2
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1
B: gunter
B: ZUSAMMEN1A*
B: zusammen
B: That chapter was over, but the time I spent with him was nice though.
B: PLÖTZLICH4^*
B: gerade
B: BEERDIGUNG1
B: [MG]
B: WEG2A*
B: [MG]
B: MEIN1
B: mei{n}
B: LEBEN1A*
B: leb
B: MIT3*
B: mit
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1
B: gu{nter}
B: SCHÖN1A
B: war schön
B: Yes, that's the way it was.
B: $GEST-OFF^*
C: Could you please describe more and in more detail your activities in the sport's club or the theater with him?
B: You mean together with Gunter?
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1
B: VERBINDUNG2*
B: Yes, I worked with him in the theater only on very few occasions.
B: THEATER6*
B: thea{ter}
B: ICH2
B: THEATER6*
B: theater
B: ICH2
B: [MG]
B: WENIG4*
B: wenig
B: THEATER6*
B: thea{ter}
B: ICH2*
B: [MG]
B: VERBINDUNG2
B: [MG]
B: We associated more in the sport's club, during track practice.
B: MEHR1
B: mehr
B: sport
B: SPORT1*
B: HEUTE1
B: LEICHTATHLETIK1*
B: leichtathletik
B: GEHÖREN1*
A: I/
A: ICH1
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: MEHR1
B: mehr
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1
B: gunter
A: May I say something?
B: LEICHTATHLETIK1*
B: leichtathletik
A: VERKNÜPFEN1A^
A: [MG]
A: darf
A: DARF1
A: WIR2*
B: Yes, you may, please, go ahead.
B: KOMMEN-AUFFORDERN1*
B: [MG]
B: DARF1
B: darf
A: Back when I was young, during the time of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, I visited the center for Deaf people in a street called “Friedrichstraße” for the first time.
A: FRÜHER1*
A: früher
A: ICH1
A: [MG]
A: JUNG2*
A: jung
A: MAUERFALL1
A: mauerfall
A: ||ACHTUNG1*
A: ||ERSTES-MAL3B
A: ersten mal
A: gehörlosenverein
A: ||TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A
A: VEREIN1A
A: friedrichstraße
A: FEBRUAR3^||$INDEX1
A: STRASSE1
A: There I met Gunter who was wearing a hair flip and clothes with ruffled sleeves.
A: ||ICH1*
A: ||GEHEN1A
A: ||ERBLICKEN2
A: [MG]
A: ||$NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1
A: gunter
A: ||HAAR1*
A: ANZIEHEN-OBERKÖRPER2^*
A: $PROD*
A: Just from the way he looked my first thought was, “This man is my dream man!”
A: ||ICH2
A: ||ERBLICKEN2
A: [MG]
A: ||OBJEKT1^*
A: wie
A: gefällt
A: ||GEFALLEN1
A: ||AUF-PERSON1
A: ||GEHÖREN1^*
A: mir
A: ||DIESE1A
A: [MG]
A: ||GEHÖREN1^*
A: ||ICH1
A: ||DIESE2*
A: [MG]
B: “My dream/”, yes.
A: ||MEIN1*
A: mein
B: MEIN1*
B: mein
A: traummann
A: ||TRAUM1
B: TRAUM1*
B: traum
A: ||MANN1
A: A deaf dude who was dressed casually and in a cool manner. I instantly liked that and I started talking to him right away.
A: ||PUNKT2^*
A: typ
A: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A||$INDEX1
A: LOCKER1
A: locker
A: HOSE1B
A: GÜRTEL1A
A: [MG]
A: KLEIDUNG1A*
A: [MG]
A: ||SCHICK1
A: ||SEHEN-AUF1^
A: GEFALLEN1
A: gefallen
A: INTERESSE1A
A: [MG]
A: UNTERHALTUNG2A
A: I told a person from Western Germany that he was a handsome man.
A: SPÄTER4
A: später
A: ICH2
A: BESCHEID1A*
A: west
A: WESTEN1C
A: BEREICH1A
A: HÜBSCH1A||$INDEX1
A: hübsch
A: MANN1||$INDEX1
A: mann
A: But they told me straight away that he was, sadly, gay.
A: BESCHEID1A*
A: ||NEIN1B
A: ||SELBST1A*
A: selbst
A: SCHWUL1
A: schwul
A: When I heard that, I was a little disappointed.
A: ICH1
A: $GEST-NM^
A: But at that point I didn't really know what ‘being gay’ really meant.
A: WAS-BEDEUTET1
A: was
A: SCHWUL1
A: schwul
A: ||MERKWÜRDIG1^
A: [MG]
A: WISSEN2A||$INDEX1
A: weiß
A: SCHWUL1||$INDEX1
A: [MG]
A: GENAU1*
A: genau
A: ||INHALT3
A: [MG]
A: ICH2
A: KENNEN1A
A: NICHT3B
A: WAS-BEDEUTET1||$INDEX1
A: SCHWUL1*||$INDEX1
A: [MG]
A: I thought that it was too bad anyway.
A: SCHADE1*
A: schade
A: ICH1
A: [MG]
A: I kept talking to him though.
A: SPÄTER7
A: SEHEN1*
A: UNTERHALTUNG2A
A: unterhalten
A: SPÄTER7
A: After all, he was very interested in sign language research.
A: $INDEX1
A: [MG]
A: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*||$INDEX1
A: gunter
A: ||MEHR1
A: mehr
A: INTERESSE1A
A: interessant
A: ||ÜBER1*
A: über
A: GEBÄRDEN1A*
A: gebärden
A: FORSCHUNG1A*
A: And he asked me if he could film me since I was using Eastern sign language, which was different.
A: ||FILM3*
A: film
A: darf
A: DARF1*
A: ||ICH1
A: ||OKAY1B*
A: okay
A: ||ICH1
A: OSTEN1A||ICH1
A: ost
A: GEBÄRDEN1A*
A: [MG]
A: ANDERS1
A: anders
A: This led to our collaboration.
A: ||FILM3
A: film
A: ||AUFNAHME1
A: [MG]
A: SPÄTER7
A: VERKNÜPFEN1B
A: Later he even showed me the Kumpelnest 3000 [bar in Berlin], all of this was new to me.
A: SPÄTER7
A: ICH1
A: [MG]
A: ||$INDEX1
A: ||ZEIGEN1A
A: zeigen
A: $NUM-TAUSENDER1:3d
A: dreitausend
A: ||$INDEX1
A: [MG]
A: kumpelnest
A: FAUST1^
A: ||IN1
A: ICH1
A: SCHLAUER-WERDEN1
A: [MG]
A: ||BEREICH1A
A: He was always ready to help, for instance this one time I had to go back home but I couldn't afford to pay the taxi ride to get there.
A: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*||$INDEX1
A: gunter
A: VIEL1A
A: viel
A: GROSSZÜGIG1
A: [MG]
A: ||ICH1
A: wie wie wie
A: WIE8
A: ||ICH1
A: ||NACH-HAUSE1
A: nach hause
A: TAXI1
A: taxi
A: WIE8
A: wie wie wie
A: He was very generous and paid for the ride.
A: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*||$INDEX1
A: gunter
A: ||$GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
A: [MG]
A: ||BEZAHLEN1
A: bezahlen
A: ||FÜR1*
A: für
A: He was also very good-natured; he had a big heart.
A: GROSSZÜGIG1
A: [MG]
A: ||SEHR6
A: [MG]
A: HERZ2B
A: herz
A: SEHR6
A: [MG]
A: He invited me to his home once, a friend of mine accompanied me, and we got to stay with him in his house upstairs. It wasn't a big deal for him.
A: EINLADEN2*
A: einladen
A: WOHNUNG1B||$INDEX1
A: wohnung
A: ||ICH1*
A: FREUND1
A: freund
A: BESUCHEN1B*
A: besuchen
A: SCHLAFEN1A
A: schlafen
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: [MG]
A: GROSSZÜGIG1
A: [MG]
A: ||OBEN1
A: oben
A: ||SCHLAFEN1B
A: schlafen
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: GROSSZÜGIG1
A: [MG]
A: It continued this way for a long time over many years.
A: ||VIEL1A
A: SPÄTER7*
A: [MG]
A: VIEL1A
A: viel
A: JAHR1A
A: jahr
A: SPÄTER7
A: [MG]
A: Little by little he disappeared from my life since I went down a different path.
A: ||ICH1
A: AUFLÖSUNG1A*
A: [MG]
A: ICH1
A: [MG]
A: ANDERS1
A: anders
A: leben
A: LEBEN1A*
A: WEG2A*
A: Gunter sometimes scolded me that I shouldn't go down the wrong path.
A: ||MANCHMAL2*
A: manchmal
A: ||$NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1
A: gunter
A: ||SCHIMPFEN3B
A: schimpfen
A: ||AUF-PERSON1*
A: SCHIEF1*
A: schief
A: NICHT3A||$INDEX1
A: ||SCHIMPFEN3B*
A: schimpfen
A: ||AUF-PERSON1*
A: auf
A: Then a lot of time passed before the ‘Caveman’ movie, I mean play.
A: SPÄTER7
A: [MG]
A: ||LETZTE1A
A: letzte
A: ||VOR1A
A: ||$GEST-ÜBERLEGEN1^
A: caveman
A: $ALPHA1:C||FILM1B^
A: ||MANN1
A: ||FILM1
A: film
A: THEATER6*
A: theater
A: ||$INDEX1
A: [MG]
A: It was the first time that we had seen each other again in a long time.
A: ||ICH1
A: ||INTERESSE1A
A: [MG]
A: ||LETZTE1A
A: letzte
A: ||WIEDERSEHEN1*
A: wiedersehen
A: LANG-ZEIT1A||$INDEX1
A: lange
A: ||WIEDERSEHEN1
A: wiedersehen
A: We hugged each other and he even sent me a postcard from Venice.
A: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1||$INDEX1
A: gunter
A: ||ICH1
A: UMARMEN3
A: post
A: BRIEF1A*
A: POST3
A: POSTKARTE1
A: ||SCHICKEN4B*
A: schicken
A: VENEDIG1
A: venedig
A: GEWESEN1||$INDEX1
A: gewesen
A: We talked and he gave me his new address because he had recently moved.
A: UNTERHALTUNG2A
A: ||$INDEX1
A: ||NEU1A
A: neu
A: ||ICH2
A: [MG]
A: ||ADRESSE3
A: adresse
A: ||GEBEN1*
A: WOHNUNG1B||$INDEX1
A: wohnung
A: UMZIEHEN1*
A: umziehen
A: ||ADRESSE3
A: ||GEBEN1*
A: But not long after that he passed away, I was completely shocked.
A: ||NÄCHSTE1
A: ||STERBEN2
A: ICH1
A: SCHOCK2B*
A: schock
A: To this day, I can't imagine that he really is dead.
A: ||ICH1
A: ||BIS-JETZT1
A: bis
A: NOCH4A*
A: noch
A: ||ICH1
A: [MG]
A: ||GLAUBEN2A
A: glauben
A: ||$INDEX1
A: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1||$INDEX1
A: gunter
A: ||TOD2*
A: tot
A: ICH1
A: [MG]
A: GEFÜHL3
A: fühlen
A: NICHT3B
A: nicht
A: ||$INDEX1
A: I feel like he is still alive.
A: fühlen
A: ICH2
A: GEFÜHL3
A: NOCH4A*
A: noch
A: leben
A: LEBEN1B*
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: I feel it deep down; I just can't believe that he died so suddenly.
A: ||INNEN1B
A: innen
A: GEFÜHL3
A: fühlen
A: GÄNSEHAUT1*
A: [MG]
A: ICH1
A: kann nicht
A: GLAUBEN2A*
A: KANN1*
A: GLAUBEN2A
A: glauben
A: WARUM10B
A: warum
A: ||STERBEN2
A: PLÖTZLICH1A
A: plötzlich
A: ||ICH1
A: ||KANN1*
A: kann nicht
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: I always imagine that he is still doing something somewhere. Of course, that's not true.
A: ||ICH1
A: ||DENKEN1B
A: [MG]
A: NOCH4A*
A: noch
A: SPAZIEREN1^*
A: DENKEN1B
A: [MG]
A: NOCH4A
A: noch
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: [MG]
A: STIMMT1A*
A: stimmt nicht
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: There is no one who is able to follow in his footsteps, who could be an idol.
A: ||NEU1A
A: neu
A: NACHWUCHS1*
A: nachwuchs
A: ||INDIVIDUUM4*
A: idol
A: ||AUF-PERSON1*
A: ES-GIBT3*
A: gibt nicht
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: I agree completely with you, he was really unique.
B: einmalig
B: EINMAL4
B: PERSON1*
B: einmalig
B: EINMAL4*
A: Yes, he really was one of a kind.
A: einmal
A: ||$NUM-EINER1A:1d
B: NEIN3B^
A: ||MAL3
A: ||PERSON1*
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: You're right.
B: STIMMT1A*
B: stimmt
C: Could you tell us something about your sport's activities with him?
B: Gunter was a runner and really good at it. He was really fast.
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1
B: [MG]
B: LEICHTATHLETIK1*
B: leichtathletik
B: SCHNELL3A*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: LEICHTATHLETIK1*
B: SEHR6
B: [MG]
B: LEICHTATHLETIK1*
B: lei{chtathletik}
B: SEHR6
B: [MG]
B: He was incredible in events such as the 200, 400, and 800-meter race.
B: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:2*
B: zweihundert
B: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:4
B: vierhundert
B: $NUM-HUNDERTER1:8d
B: achthundert
B: SEHR6^*
B: On top of that, he was dressed really unconventionally while exercising the sport.
B: ICH2
B: SEHEN-AUF2*
B: UND3*
B: und
B: KLEIDUNG1A*
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: Others looked really stuffy and well-behaved in their ordinary sport's clothes, but Gunter was the complete opposite.
A: Yes, I know what you're talking about.
B: $INDEX1
A: ||KENNEN1A
A: [MG]
B: brav
B: BRAV1B
B: ANZUG2
B: HOSE-KURZ1
B: HALTUNG-KÖRPER1^*
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1
B: gunter
A: He sure was cute.
B: NICHT4
B: [MG]
B: I was a big fan of his. He looked really good.
B: ICH2*
A: ||SÜSS1
A: süß
B: ICH1
B: WIE4A*
B: wie
B: fan
B: FAN2*
B: AUF-PERSON1
B: SCHICK1
B: [MG]
B: SEHR6
B: [MG]
B: There were deaf people who thought poorly of him and his choice in clothing.
B: TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: NEGATIV1
B: [MG]
B: AUF-PERSON1
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: MÖGEN4*
B: [MG]
B: They also criticized that he was gay.
B: SCHWUL1||$GEST-OFF^*
B: schwul
B: dazu
B: DAZU1*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: They spoke poorly of him.
B: $GEST-ÜBERLEGEN1^
B: [MG]
A: And all that despite the fact that he was such a good and generous person.
B: $GEST-NM^
B: [MG]
A: ||$NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1
A: gunter
B: DA1
B: da
A: ||VIEL1A
A: viel
A: ||GROSSZÜGIG1
A: [MG]
B: Yes, he was definitely a nice person.
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1
B: ja
A: He often spent a lot of money on his friends.
B: GROSSZÜGIG1
B: [MG]
A: ||TAUB-GEHÖRLOS1A*
A: GROSSZÜGIG1||$INDEX1
A: [MG]
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
B: [MG]
A: AUSGEBEN3
B: He was always open-minded.
B: JA2*
B: ja
A: GROSSZÜGIG1
A: [MG]
B: AUF-OFFEN1
A: He was so nice.
B: JA2
B: ja
A: ||LIEB1A
A: lieb
A: I mean, I went to the theater with him.
A: ||$GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
A: ||ICH1
A: theater
A: THEATER6*
A: ||ZUSAMMEN5*
A: Back then after the Fall of the Berlin Wall, we went to the SchwuZ [Short for SchwulenZentrum, English: gay community center, a club in Berlin] and translated music into Sign Language.
A: mauerfall
A: MAUERFALL1*
A: ||$INDEX1
A: schwuz
A: ||$ALPHA1:SCH*
A: ||$INDEX1
A: SINGEN3A
A: singen
A: ||ICH2
A: GEBÄRDEN1A
A: Gunter did that as well.
A: ||$NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
A: gunter
A: auch
A: ||AUCH3A
B: Schwu?
A: GEBÄRDEN1A
B: $ALPHA1:SCH-#
B: sch{wuz}
A: SchwuZ!
A: $ALPHA1:SCH*
A: schwuz
B: SchwuZ, I see, okay.
A: SchwuZ.
B: $ALPHA1:SCH
B: sch{wuz}
A: ||$ALPHA1:SCH-W-U-Z*
A: schwuz
B: $ALPHA1:W-U-Z
B: {sch}wuz
A: That was a long time ago.
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
A: ||FRÜHER1*
A: [MG]
A: I took #Name1 with me to the signed music act and Gunter signed.
B: I don't know it.
A: ICH2
B: ICH2
B: [MG]
A: #name1
B: KENNEN1A*
B: kenne
B: NICHT3A
B: nicht
A: ZUSAMMEN3A^*
A: SINGEN3A
A: singen
A: gunter
A: ||$INDEX1
A: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
A: GEBÄRDEN1A
A: [MG]
A: It was in front of a big crowd.
A: MASSE-PERSON-PASSIV1^*
A: [MG]
A: Back then we were closer, but that faded over time because of different interests.
A: SPÄTER7
A: ||WIR2*
A: wir
A: KONTAKT2B
A: kontakt
A: ||ZUSAMMEN3A*
A: ||$GEST-ÜBERLEGEN1^
A: PLÖTZLICH4^
A: ||ICH2
A: [MG]
A: ||ANDERS1*
A: anders
A: INTERESSE1A||$INDEX1
A: interesse
A: WEG2A*
A: AUFLÖSUNG1A*
A: But nevertheless we did get along well towards the end. We were just in tune with each other.
A: ||DOCH2
A: doch
A: ||ICH1
A: [MG]
A: HAND-HEBEN2^*
A: KOPF-NICKEN1^*
A: [MG]
A: ||KENNEN1A
A: [MG]
A: ||GEDANKENLESEN1*
A: [MG]
A: KOPF-NICKEN1*
A: [MG]
A: Yes, it stayed like that for some time.
A: SPÄTER7*
A: [MG]
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: Same here, after I got married and had kids, we were less and less in contact with each other.
B: ICH2
B: [MG]
B: HEIRATEN3A*
B: hei{raten}
B: FAMILIE3
B: familie
A: That's nice as well.
B: WEG2A*
B: AUCH3A
B: auch
A: ||SCHÖN1A
A: [MG]
B: ICH2*
B: AUFLÖSUNG1A*
B: [MG]
B: We were always happy when we met up though.
B: $ORAL^
B: aber
B: TREFFEN2B
B: treff
B: FROH1
B: freuen
B: TREFFEN2B
B: treff
B: ||IMMER4A*
B: immer
B: But I want to say something about the Kumpelnest 3000 where Gunter once worked.
B: aber
B: ABER1
B: ICH1
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1
B: eins
B: INTERESSE1A*
B: in{teressant}
B: WAS1A*
B: was
B: $NUM-TAUSENDER1:3d
B: tausend
B: FAUST1^
B: kumpel{nest}
B: $NUM-TAUSENDER1:3d
B: tausend
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: gun{ter}
B: ARBEITEN1*
B: arbeit
B: I haven't been there once; I really didn't even go once.
B: ICH2*
B: einmal
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1d
B: $INDEX1*
B: ICH1
B: einmal
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1d
B: NICHT3B*
B: The reason was that my parents heard some rumors.
B: GRUND4B
B: grund
B: ELTERN1B*
B: eltern
B: HÖREN1*
B: [MG]
B: WIE4A*
B: wie
B: $GEST-ÜBERLEGEN1^
B: It's said that it was filthy and things were wild there.
B: $INDEX1
B: schmutzig
B: SCHMUTZIG1*
B: SCHIMPFEN3A
B: FINDEN1C
B: finde
B: ETWAS-ANSTELLEN1A
B: [MG]
B: SITUATION2A*
B: [MG]
B: Therefore they forbid me to go there.
B: ICH1
B: NICHT4
B: WIE4A*
B: [MG]
B: BEFEHL1*
B: NICHT3B*
B: Later I wanted to go there secretly, but I was always too scared that I would get caught and someone would tell on me.
B: ICH1*
B: DENKEN1B
B: [MG]
B: wille
B: WOLLEN2*
B: $INDEX1
B: DENKEN1B*
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: [MG]
B: BESCHWEREN-SICH2*
B: beschweren
B: SCHIMPFEN1*
B: [MG]
B: ICH2
B: [MG]
B: KEINE-LUST1
B: ICH1
B: [MG]
B: KEINE-LUST1
B: ICH2*
B: After I had kids, I didn't want to go anymore anyway.
B: KIND1
B: FAMILIE3*
B: familie
B: ICH2
B: IN1*
B: KEINE-LUST1
B: [MG]
B: This way I postponed the visit over and over again up until Gunter died.
B: ICH1
B: SPÄTER5*
B: später
B: WIE3A*
B: wie
B: SPÄTER7*
B: [MG]
B: BIS1
B: bis
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1
B: gunter
B: TOD2
B: tot
B: SCHON1A*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: I regretted that I never made it to the 3000. I am a little embarrassed.
B: ICH2
B: $NUM-TAUSENDER1:3d*
B: tausend
B: $INDEX1*
B: SCHEISSE2
B: scheiße
B: ICH1
B: einmal
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1*
B: IN1*
B: WIE4A*
B: wie
B: PEINLICH1*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: And then recently, I finally went and had a look around during the Sign Language Festival.
B: EBEN-ZEIT1
B: FRÜHER1*
B: festival
B: FESTIVAL4A*
B: EBEN-ZEIT1*
B: ICH1
B: [MG]
B: WOHIN1^
B: ICH1*
B: GEHEN4
B: It was very emotional for me to see it all after all even though Gunter wasn’t there anymore.
B: OHNE1
B: ohne
B: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1
B: gunter
B: DIESE1A
B: [MG]
B: SITUATION2A*
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-HAND-AUF-BRUST1^
B: [MG]
B: INTERESSE1A
B: [MG]
B: FERTIG1B
B: NICHTS-DAMIT-ZU-TUN-HABEN-WOLLEN3
B: [MG]
B: I hadn't been there before.
B: ICH2
B: EINMAL1B
B: NIEMALS2A
B: nie
B: EINMAL1B
B: einm{al}
B: Not so long ago was the first time I went, hence I was already old when I finally went to see it.
B: EBEN-ZEIT1
B: [MG]
B: ERSTENS1C
B: erst
B: ICH1
B: ALT5A
B: alt
B: SO1A*
B: so
A: When I was young, I went to the 3000 really often.
B: SCHON1B
B: [MG]
A: ||FRÜHER1*
A: früher
B: UNTER1A^
A: ||ICH1
A: [MG]
A: ||JUNG1
A: jung
A: ||VIEL1A
A: viel
B: I heard a lot about it.
A: ||$NUM-TAUSENDER1:3d
A: dreitausend
A: ||ICH2
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: [MG]
A: viel
A: ||VIEL1A
A: ||KOMMEN1*
B: VIEL1A
B: viel
B: HÖREN1
B: hören
B: KLATSCH2*
A: ||$GEST-OFF^*
B: But I wasn't allowed to go in because of my parents.
B: ICH2
B: [MG]
B: KANN1*
B: [MG]
B: SELBST1A
B: [MG]
B: DURCH2B
B: durch
B: ELTERN1A*
B: eltern
A: We always went when Gunter was working.
B: GRUND4B
B: grund
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: [MG]
A: ||WENN1B
A: wenn
B: ||$GEST-OFF^*
B: [MG]
A: ||$NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1
A: gu{nter}
A: ||ARBEITEN1
A: arbeit
A: ||DA1
A: da
A: ||ALLE2A
A: alle
A: KOMMEN1*
A: komm
B: Understandable.
A: ||$GEST-OFF^*
B: VERSTEHEN1*
B: Didn't a picture hang crookedly on the wall as a symbol that he was working?
B: STIMMT1A
B: BILD3
B: bild
A: And whenever we partied until dawn and I didn't feel like going all the way home, Gunter was kind enough to let me sleep at his place.
A: mom{ent}
A: ||MOMENT3
A: ||MOMENT2*
B: BILD-SCHIEF1
B: schief
A: ||MORGEN-FRÜH1*
A: bis früh
B: BILD-SCHIEF1
B: schief
A: ||ICH1
B: BILD3
B: bild
A: ||FRECH3^*
A: [MG]
B: BILD-SCHIEF1
B: schief
A: ||$INDEX1
A: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1||$INDEX1
A: gunter
B: DA1
A: GROSSZÜGIG1||$INDEX1
A: [MG]
A: ||OBEN1
A: oben
A: SCHLAFEN1A
A: schlafen
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: [MG]
A: He was so generous that way.
A: GROSSZÜGIG1
A: [MG]
B: When that one picture hung crookedly, it meant that he was there, when it hung straight, then he wasn't there.
B: BILD3*
B: bild
B: BILD-SCHIEF1
B: schief
B: DA1*
B: da
A: I forgot about that, I can't remember that.
B: BILD-SCHIEF1*
B: NICHT3A*
B: nicht
A: VERGESSEN1
B: DA1
B: da
B: Do you remember that?
A: ICH2
B: weiß
B: WISSEN2A*
A: KANN1*
A: kann nicht
B: DU1*
B: You don't remember that? Alright.
A: ERINNERUNG2*
A: erinnern
A: $GEST-OFF^*
B: vergessen
B: VERGESSEN1
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
C: Maybe you could tell me what it was like in the Kumpelnest 3000 and what it looked like from the inside?
B: I can't really say anything about that.
B: ICH2
B: [MG]
B: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^*
B: [MG]
A: Well, many open-minded people and artists came to the Kumpelnest 3000.
A: ||$GEST-OFF^*
A: [MG]
A: ||$NUM-TAUSENDER1:3d
A: tausend
A: ||MEHR1
A: mehr
A: ||TOLERANT1
A: [MG]
A: ||LEUTE2*
A: [MG]
A: ||MEHR1
A: mehr
A: künstler
A: ||KUNST4A
A: ||$GEST-OFF^*
A: Of course, there was a lot of drinking involved.
A: alkohol
A: ||ALKOHOL2
A: ALKOHOL1
A: HAUPTSÄCHLICH1^
A: [MG]
A: ||BESOFFEN3
A: [MG]
A: ||SEHR6
A: [MG]
A: ||MEHR1
A: mehr
A: ||$GEST-OFF^*
A: [MG]
A: Cocaine and other drugs were also involved.
A: ||KOKAIN1*
A: [MG]
A: drogen
A: ||DROGE1A
A: ||UNBESTIMMT1^
A: ||AUCH1A
A: auch
A: VIEL1A
A: viel
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: Everyone did it.
A: ||ALLE1A
A: ||$GEST-OFF^*
A: $GEST-NM-SCHULTERZUCKEN1^
A: [MG]
A: It was often very excessive.
A: über
A: ||ÜBER1
A: ||$INDEX1
A: ||ÜBER1*
A: über
A: GRENZE1B
A: grenze
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
A: It was especially bad because they didn’t close until early the next morning.
A: ||WENN1A
A: ||ZU1C
A: zu
A: MORGEN-FRÜH1*
A: bis früh
A: ||ZU1C
A: zu
A: SCHLIMM3A
A: schlimm
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: Oh, I've never experienced something like that.
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: [MG]
B: ICH2*
B: [MG]
B: NOCH-NIE1
B: noch nie
B: erlebt
B: ERLEBNIS1A*
B: $GEST-OFF^*
C: Gunter was also involved in theater, do you remember any plays which he starred in?
A: Oh, there are plenty.
A: VIEL1A
A: Let me think. For instance, the sign language poetry piece about Paris.
A: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
A: $INDEX1
A: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1
A: gunter
A: GEBÄRDEN1G
A: [MG]
A: ||BEISPIEL1
A: [MG]
A: PARIS1
A: paris
A: I really liked that play.
A: war
A: ICH1||$INDEX1
A: SCHÖN3*
A: schön
A: SCHÖN1A*
A: ICH1*
A: INTERESSE1A*
A: [MG]
C: Good, and what about you?
A: SCHÖN1A*
A: [MG]
B: Right, the piece about Paris.
B: PARIS1
B: paris
B: STIMMT1A*
B: stimm
A: Yes, sometimes/
B: I even tried to reenact that piece but I couldn't do it.
B: ICH2
B: [MG]
A: manchmal
A: ||MANCHMAL1*
B: KOPIE1A*
A: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
B: ICH2
A: ||$INDEX1
B: GEBÄRDEN1A*
B: ICH2*
B: [MG]
B: SCHAFFEN1A*
B: schaffen
A: ||MANCHMAL1*
A: manchmal
B: NICHT3A
B: And then there is also “Schnee” [English: “Snow”]!
B: [MG]
B: ACHTUNG1*
B: DU1*
B: SCHNEE4
B: schnee
B: AUCH3A
B: auch
A: You're right, “Schnee”!
B: SCHNEE4
B: schnee
A: SCHNEE3A
A: schnee
A: … sometimes he made jokes that were really funny and made other people laugh.
B: AUCH3A
B: auch
A: MANCHMAL1||$INDEX1
A: manchmal
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: [MG]
A: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1||$INDEX1
A: auch
A: $NAME-GUNTER-PUTTRICH1*
A: [MG]
A: LUSTIG1
A: lustig
A: GEBÄRDEN1G
A: [MG]
A: ||WITZ1
A: witze
A: WITZ3
A: witze
A: ||WITZ1
A: witze
A: GEBÄRDEN1G
A: LUSTIG1
A: lustig
A: ICH1*
A: [MG]
A: LACHEN2
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: [MG]