In this interview excerpt, Astrid Lulling, a Member of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies from 1965 to 1989 and a Member of the European Parliament from 1965 to 1974 and from 1989 to 2014, describes her family background and her childhood in Schifflange during the 1930s. She also discusses the conditions in which she completed her secondary education. Finally, Astrid Lulling shares her memories of the German occupation of Luxembourg during the Second World War.