Germany’s au pair sector at a crossroads. Another decrease in the number of au pair agencies.

Hanne-Lore Oberhäuser was hired as an office assistant by company founder Dr. Siegfried Walter in 1978.

We have a clear attitude to the war in Ukraine: we condemn the war of aggression and clearly oppose the Russian aggressor. The Ukrainian people are suffering and we sincerely hope that this terrible...

Many of those affected had waited a long time for this decision: The travel restrictions for the fight against the pandemic, which applied since March for au pairs from non-European foreign...

As always in autumn DR-WALTER had a visit from the TÜV. This time it was the turn of a re-certification audit, which, because of Corona, was held for the first time as a video conference.

Almost 15,000 au pairs came to Germany in 2019 - again more than in the previous year. The demand for au pairs abroad could not be satisfied last year. Especially British host families waited in vain...

DR-WALTER has developed a new and exciting product for the restart after the worldwide travel shutdown.