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Touching love stories from a long life: Old people tell their love and life stories. Episode 2 can be found in the media library: https://1.ard.de/jahrhundertliebe_f2 Egon Ullrich, 102 years old, and his wife Hildegard, 98, have been married for 75 years. A real love of the century! They had a difficult start: Because of the war, Egon had to drop out of school, and Hildegard had to leave Hamburg. But when they met, life began. For decades they ran a delicatessen together in Hamburg-Blankenese, where Hamburg's celebrities shopped: from Otto Waalkes to Countess Dönhoff. Marly (88) was born and grew up in Berlin, Hans (93) in Hamburg. The two met on a paddling trip. Marly had moved from Berlin to Hamburg after the war and took a canoe course here. Hans Brendes was the paddling instructor. But at that time Marly was only 14 years old, Hans already 19. So the two were just friends in the first few years. But friendship eventually turned into love. They married and had three daughters. What always remained was their shared passion for sport. Willa and Otto Ringel from Hagenow have been married for 61 years. They met while working at the GDR's trade organization, HO for short. Otto, who was seven years older, was fascinated by her beautiful blue eyes. Willa was actually already engaged to someone else. They got married on February 14th. But not because it was Valentine's Day, they had managed to get a vacation spot together at the time. More on this: https://www.ndr.de/geschichte/chronol... First broadcast: December 22nd, 2024 #ndr #doku #liebe