Chief Purifying Water (Swiss Press Text 2019, by Chris Winteler) - Swiss Press Award
SonntagsZeitung
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2019
Chris Winteler
Hans Salzmann, 49, a lifeguard for 30 years, observes: "People don't shower." Whether old or young, man or woman, girl or boy, Zurich resident or St. Gallen resident – they all get into the pool, drenched in sweat. He constantly had to remind his guests at the Oberuzwil swimming pool during the sweltering summer of 2018 to shower. A portrait of a passionate lifeguard with a flair for the "shamanic."
