A former teacher later recalled that Ribbentrop "was the most stupid in his class, full of vanity and very pushy".

One teacher recalls the time she walked to a filing cabinet and her leg went through the floor.

You talk too much,' " the teacher recalled with pride.

"At one point," the teacher recalled, "I thought I'd make jazz my profession."

"We never fought," recalled his wife, also a teacher, whom he married in 1960.

When one student dies, the teacher who eulogizes him can't recall a single trait worth mentioning.

His peers and teachers recalled him as being a good athlete who was active in school activities and sports events.

Many times, she voluntarily stayed after school to help them, other teachers recalled.

"There were still soldiers around, but the local Serbs told us to come back," the teacher recalled.