After her release Berberich remained resolute in her determination to shun conventional social norms. "I never wanted a normal life and I still don't today". Her first job post release was as a cycle courier. Then she was diagnosed with an abscess on the cerebellum. The condition involved ten days in a coma followed by several months in a wheel chair. Even after that her movements remained awkward and her speech affected. She never recovered complete balance and the finer motor skills. She was no longer able to hold down a full-time job, but continued to work at the "Dritte-Welt-Haus" (literally, "Third World House") charity association in Frankfurt. She sings in a choir and takes care of a friend's children. Monika Berberich has never distanced herself from the objectives and methods of the RAF. In 1995 she gave an interview to the BBC in which she characterised contemporary Germany as a "fascist state". Notes References 1970 crimes People from Oberursel (Taunus) Members of the Red Army Faction 20th-century German writers Prisoners and detainees of Germany Living people Date of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people)