Fritz Karwath
Fritz Karwath (* 1925 ; † 1995 , stage name: Clown Caro ) was a German clown in the GDR .
Life
Karwath grew up on a farm in Brüx . The North Bohemian city at the foot of the Ore Mountains had around 43,000 inhabitants in 1930. It was bombed frequently during the Second World War because of its "vital" industry. After leaving school , the young Karwath was immediately ordered to go to war. Even as a child he had warmed himself to the circus, and as a high school student he indulged in acting. The clown's nose is also evident in his memory book for details:
“I helped with the staging and acted as a prompter. What kind of dust I swallowed can only be judged by those who have ever sat in a prompter box. Always just feet in front of your face, with the heat that prevails in summer under such a hall stage. "
Soldier Karwath is lucky, remains unharmed and, after being captured by the American / French prisoners of war, goes to Leipzig , where he tries his hand at a band as a tap dancer , singer and conférencier. He also learns to play the trumpet.
Around 1950 he met Helga, a member of a ballet group who would become his future wife. Immediately after his journeyman's examination as a bricklayer, he was delegated to study as a vocational school teacher. However, he gives up when he can hire through Helga at Circus Renz . He started out as a simple tent worker and rose to become a game master and clown within a few months. He got his first permanent job as a white clown in 1954 in the Eros circus , which in 1960 was combined with two other companies to form the GDR state circus . This means that Karwath is firmly in his shoes until retirement age - in contrast to the stupid August , the white clown does not march in huge slippers.
He spent the last years of his life in Wolteritz .
He left a daughter named Marion. His granddaughter Susan Forster Vihernik stayed in the industry: she makes musicals and comedy and is married to the pianist Tobias Forster .
Works
- I was a clown. Henschelverlag, East Berlin 1989
Web links
- Literature by and about Fritz Karwath in the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ See this MDR article 2009 about grandfather and granddaughter , accessed on May 23, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Karwath, Fritz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Caro, Klaus (stage name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German clown |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1925 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1995 |