Georg Iggers at the Municipal Archive in Esslingen, 2004
“Well, I can’t remember exactly, but I think there were big rooms, maybe with 12 beds. I can’t remember that exactly, but we were here a few years ago and I looked at these two rooms, which are much more comfortable today. We did live very spartanly. Although that didn’t bother me. - How many children were there in total, approximately ? - There were not quite 60 boys and about 25 girls. So, I estimated in our autobiography, 80, and I saw yesterday that in 1938 there were 78 children here. - You say girls and boys were mixed ? - Yes, Yes - That was actually not natural at that time - So, the class instruction was mixed.”