Hans Kehrer

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Hans Kehrer , real name: Stefan Heinz , from 1980 Stefan-Heinz Kehrer , dialect actor : cousin Matz von Hopsenitz , (born February 28, 1913 in Kisszentpéter , ( German  Kleinsanktpeter or Totina ), Temes County , Kingdom of Hungary , Austria-Hungary ; † December 18, 2009 in Berlin ) was a teacher , poet , writer , playwright and actor from the ethnic group of the Banat Swabians .

Life

Stefan Heinz attended the Realgymnasium in Timișoara (1924–1928) and the local German Catholic Teacher Training Institute (1928–1932) at the Banatia . He then worked as a teacher in Lenauheim (1933-1934), Timiş district and from 1935 to 1941 as a cantor teacher in Aluniş ( German  Traunau ) in the Arad district . After Romania's entry into World War II , he was called up for military service, which he served as a sergeant in the Romanian army on the Eastern Front . After his return in 1943 he took over the office of school inspector for the German primary schools in Romania . After Romania switched sides to the Allies and the Red Army marched into the Banat at the end of 1944, he was able to avoid the deportations of the Romanian Germans by going into hiding and hiding in Lenauheim and Kleinsanktpeter for a year . In the post-war years he was excluded from school service for political reasons and made his way as a linen weaver , day laborer , businessman and private teacher . In 1947 he again got a job as a teacher at the denominational school in Bărăteaz ( German  Baratzhausen ).

On February 1, 1953, he became a member of the ensemble of the newly founded German State Theater in Timisoara (DSTT). Here he worked under the pseudonym Hans Kehrer as an actor and as a playwright . Outstanding is his stage work Zwei Schwestern, a Swabian Passion , which synthesizes the dramatic fate of the Romanian Germans in the 20th century like no other. The play was staged twice in Timișoara, then recorded as a television film and performed several times at domestic and foreign guest performances and festivals . From 1953 to 1973 he worked as an actor and at the same time translated Romanian plays into the German language . He also helped direct amateur theater groups in the Banat villages.

In addition to classic roles, he preferred to play the figure of cousin Matz von Hopsenitz , the slightly old-fashioned, but self-confident, funny and also self-critical Swabian farmer. With this role he became the most popular personality among the Danube Swabians in the Banat. As cousin Matz , he provided popular entertainment on the German-language program on Bucharest TV in dialect.

In 1980 he left for Germany (Bielefeld). In 2001 he received the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class for his services in promoting Banat German culture in his old and new homeland.

In Germany he wrote the play Anno 1525 - Peasants' War in Allgäu for the local open-air theater on behalf of the city of Altusried . Around 124,000 spectators saw the 29 performances, in which up to 500 actors took part.

Stefan Heinz was a member of the Social Democratic Party. He died on December 18, 2009 at the age of 96 in Berlin .

activities

stories

  • The Tschilipik sparrow tree and its large family (children's book) . Facla Verlag, Timișoara 1977.
  • Choice of teachers in Traunhofen: Narration (=  publications of the Südostdeutschen Kulturwerk. Volume 58 ). Munich 1998, ISBN 3-88356-140-1 .
  • In the grip of the times: a long life - in short stories . ADZ Verlag, Bucharest 2001, ISBN 973-99655-7-1 (autobiographical work).

Dialect author

  • Collection of various stories from cousin Matz, Facla Verlag Timisoara, 1979.
  • Pipatsch book. Collection of contributions from various Banat authors.
  • Prose in Banat Swabian dialect, Facla Verlag, Timișoara 1972.
  • Schwowisches Volksbuch, collection of contributions from various Banat authors, Facla Verlag Timișoara
  • "Max and Moritz from A to Z in German dialects from Aachen to Zips" by Manfred Görlach in the University Press C. Winter, Heidelberg 1995

Associate Editor

  • Overall editing in the Heimatbuch Kleinsanktpeter-Totina. 1843-1993.
  • Editing in the Heimatbuch Temeschburg / Temeswar.
  • Research on the Adam Müller-Guttenbrunn family

Playwright

  • Two sisters. A Swabian passion. 1980, play in Banat Swabian dialect about the deportation of Romanian Germans for forced labor in Soviet labor camps
  • Master Jacob and his children. based on the novel of the same name by Adam Müller-Guttenbrunn, 1974
  • Fool's bread. 1974
  • It's about marriage. 1966
  • Sunken fields. 1961
  • Anno 1525 - Peasants' War. on behalf of the city of Altusried

actor

Awards

  • In 2001 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class for his services in promoting Banat German culture in his old and new homeland.

literature

  • Anton Peter Petri : Biographical Lexicon of the Banat Germans . Marquartstein, 1992, ISBN 3-922046-76-2 .
  • Anton Scherer : German literature in the Banat (Romania) after August 23, 1944: artistic norms, political tendencies, typical representatives . Donauschwäbisches Bibliographisches Archiv, Graz 1997, ISBN 3-901486-09-7 .
  • Anton Scherer: History of Danube Swabian Literature from 1848 to 2000 (=  Danube Swabian Archive. Volume 101; Donauschwäbische Contributions. Issue 112 ). Publishing house of the Donauschwäbischen Kulturstiftung, Graz / Munich 2003.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Reports and Research 11/2003 . Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, ISBN 3-486-56742-X , p. 360 .
  2. ↑ Stefan-Heinz.de , Heimatbuch Klein Sankt Peter-Totina. 1843-1993.
  3. ↑ Stefan-Heinz.de , Heimatbuch Timisoara - Timisoara.
  4. ↑ Stefan-Heinz.de , Guttenbrunn letter.
  5. ↑ Stefan-Heinz.de , Two sisters. A Swabian passion.
  6. ↑ Stefan-Heinz.de , Master Jakob and his children
  7. ↑ Stefan-Heinz.de , Emmerich Reichrath : fools bread
  8. ↑ Stefan-Heinz.de , It's about marriage
  9. ↑ Stefan-Heinz.de , Helga Reiter: Sunken fields
  10. ↑ Stefan-Heinz.de , Erhard dried: Anno 1525 - Peasants' Revolt

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personal data
SURNAME Kehrer, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heinz, Stefan (real name); Cousin Matz von Hopsenitz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and actor
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Sânpetru Mic , Temes County , Kingdom of Hungary , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH December 18, 2009
Place of death Berlin