Gertrud Oertel, the oldest person living in Berlin, has celebrated her 111th birthday… and given some advice to the younger generations.
Gertrud Oertel turns 111 in BerlinGertrude Oertel, the oldest living Berliner, has celebrated her 111th birthday in the district of Niederschöneweide, where she lives in a senior citizens’ home with her two cats.
Oertel was born in Brandenburg on November 11, 1914, shortly after the beginning of World War I.
She first worked as a chambermaid in a tuberculosis sanatorium, then at a military hospital during World War II, for the German national railway service, and then in administration.
District Mayor Oliver Igel (SPD) and District Councillor Carolin Weing…