October 1962 beewee was given the gift of life in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg as Bernd Zimmermann. My brother and my sister, five and eight years older than me, incorporated the »nestling« favorably.

Five years later the family moved down the river Elbe to a village named Assel, where my father established himself as a country doctor. In this rural environment beewee spend a sheltered childhood close to nature and accompanied by very good school performance.