Provence Forever - Massimo Cereso

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products is necessary for a company to survive such setbacks. However, in order to realize such projects, the necessary capital was once again essential. I tried everything possible and impossible to save my small trading company from the worst, but once again I was forced to take out bank loans. I obtained these also on the basis of the previous success and thus under false pretenses, and thus I had committed fraudulent acts. The collapse of my company was finally the consequence, my home, which I had loved so much, was dissolved and the entire household effects were sold by compulsory auction; my wife Anuschka lost her inherited jewelry and her entire savings. Although my parents also stood by me again and settled the enormous sum of the remaining loss, the previous criminal charges filed by the banks concerned could not be withdrawn. The court verdict handed down in these proceedings brought me seven months in prison as a result of the earlier penalty, which I have already mentioned in detail.

      During this difficult time, Anuschka has always stood by me, disputes and reproaches have not occurred, all shame and humiliation she has endured. During the time when my crimes were being investigated and there was still no legally binding verdict, I applied for a senior position in a Swiss company that was looking for a managing director for its branch in Germany. Since I wanted to avoid my prospective prison sentence at all costs, I took all measures available to me to obtain this position. In the various job interviews, I presented myself and my person with an extremely well-groomed appearance and perfect manners, which leave everyone with an unshakable impression of respectability, so well that I would certainly have won a film Oscar with my appearance. Of course, it is undisputed that I did not operate by legal means that corresponded to the truth and simply did not possess the required qualifications. However, despite the fact that I did not have the industry knowledge required for this new job, or only very insufficiently, and that other applicants were also in the running, I was given this job. After a lengthy introductory and training period in Switzerland, which to my own surprise I completed without any major problems, I was able to take on my new role in Stuttgart. An above-average salary and the apartment building provided to me in a well-kept environment were the cornerstones of a new beginning for my existence, which had failed up to that moment. My wife Anuschka and I were extremely happy to be able to live in a foreign country without a past.

      The new job was a complete challenge for me, my working days consisted of fifteen or more hours, some weekends I even spent completely in my office. All my plans and ideas could be carried out without any financial burden, which in the long run, if it was a good project, had to bring the desired success. Thus, I was able to more than meet all the expectations and goals of my employer and to increase the sales figures of our products above average. My parents, who visited us regularly, were very proud of their son, who, it seemed, had finally found the right path. At least that's what they hoped, but unfortunately this life of peace and success came to a tragic end after two years.

      Because of the prison sentence imposed on me, I was arrested by the police out of the blue, so to speak. It was precisely this prison sentence that I had wanted to avoid at all costs; after moving to Germany, I had not even expected that I would ever be confronted with this matter again abroad. But now I was in extradition custody. After a week in prison, I was released pending a decision on the extradition request with the condition that I report daily to the police station in my place of residence. The following talks with my completely shocked employer about the continuation of the employment relationship were unsuccessful and my employment contract was terminated with immediate effect.

      Despite a larger settlement sum, the loss of this job meant the end for me; moreover, my lawyer informed me that the pending extradition request would most likely be granted. My wife Anuschka, who still stood by me and put up with this bankruptcy, asked me to serve my prison sentence in Switzerland; as long as this matter was not settled, a continuation of a normal family life was out of the question. After dissolving our household and selling all the furniture, we returned to Switzerland. Despite identity checks at the Swiss border, I was not immediately arrested there, contrary to all expectations; however, I subsequently made myself "available" to the authorities, accompanied by my lawyer. Meanwhile, my wife and our daughter found a temporary home with my parents.

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      The prison sentence

      I served my sentence in the great outdoors, in a prison that was not a prison in the conventional sense, but a farm attached to the penitentiary. I had to serve my sentence from March to October, and the daily work on the farm and the contact with the animals strengthened my relationship with nature. I was able to observe how life awoke in spring and fell asleep again in late fall; learned that everything that was planted had to be cared for responsibly and with much love and care so that a successful harvest could take place.

      Comparable to this is the meaningful and fulfilled life of a human being, but unfortunately the instruction manual for such a fulfilled life is not available in any library, but can only be learned in life itself. If every human being would form his life as nature models it, paradise on earth would be guaranteed and all crimes, wars and other misery would be excluded. The intrusion of man into nature has therefore not remained without consequences. The greed of humans after power and money is however boundless, even if or straight because nearly all goods, which are produced on this world, are basically senseless and serve only the increase of power and money. If money did not exist, exploitation of man and nature by man would not be possible.

      The time of my serving my sentence additionally opened my eyes as far as people were concerned, because during one of my wife's monthly visits, which took place under the supervision of a priest, Anushka had waited for a suitable moment to illegally slip two packs of cigarettes into my trouser pocket. Unfortunately, the holy father of God noticed this and broke off the visit. Anushka then had to leave the site of her serious crime under the most severe threats of punishment. During that time, I made the experience that all the priests in this world were no better than other people; on the contrary, they wore a deceptive halo on their highly raised heads and were ready to reciprocate only if it was to their own advantage. They mastered the business of the church to absolute perfection, for they allowed themselves to be rewarded for every good and comforting word. Without scruples and without morals, they run a perfect and successful industrial enterprise at the expense of the faithful. With few exceptions, these canons lead a life of pleasure and, like fattening geese, are stuffed with the most delicious food and noble wines of the very best class. With few exceptions, these hypocrites are incapable of leading a so-called normal life out of convenience and fear of the daily struggle for survival. Their claim to be a worshipper of God and to renounce all the beautiful pleasures of life does not correspond to the truth. Their claim to be able to live in paradise after death as a reward for their sacrifice is self-deception; I am convinced that the majority will burn in the so-called hell.

      I was brought up strictly Catholic as a child and can well remember that my father was extremely generous when going to church on Sundays for the respective collection of offerings and in contrast to the other churchgoers. Each coin made a thudding sound when it was put into the offering box, which to my great dismay was absent on special holidays, when my father was even more generous and put a bill into the box. For this and other reasons, at that time our priest regularly visited us at home and the subsequent dinner accompanied by the best wines always lasted several hours. Finally, our priest took leave of us with an additional "offering" for the needy humanity and additional stimulants from our factory at a late hour with thanks to God and the assurance that our family will receive a good place in paradise.

      I would like to state with all clarity that I believe in a God and that this is therefore an important contribution of my life; assuming that our pastor was not lying, I can spend eternity in paradise after my earthly existence ends. At that time, however, life for me was anything but paradise. Despite the risk of having to spend the rest of my sentence behind bars after all, I wrote a letter to my wife Anushka and arranged to meet her in the open air. This letter was forwarded to my wife by a fellow prisoner after her release. Since I had to do various jobs on the farm independently and unsupervised, various opportunities arose to meet my Anuschka in an adjacent wooded area. My wife visited me every time and at any desired time at the greatest risk, and so I had enough cigarettes for the rest of my imprisonment and

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