◆ A recognition

They never met.
They shared this.

Tell me something about your mother's hands. The smell, the shape, what they did.

Wim Bakker

Friesland · b. 1935

My mother's hands were rough from working in the stable. But when she tucked me in at night they felt soft and smelled of soap.

Helga Weber

Schwarzwald · b. 1940

My mother's hands were rough from doing the laundry, but in the evening when she stroked my hair they felt soft. They smelled of lavender.

Two voices. One memory. Recorded 0 days apart.

The Archive records elder voices across five Germanic cultures and finds the memories they share.