Oskar from the horse market

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Fritz Krüger , known under the name of Oskar from the horse market (born April 11, 1902 in Hamburg ; † February 18, 1969 there ), was a Hamburg city ​​original .

Life

Grave "Oskar from the horse market", Ohlsdorf

Krüger, who grew up in St. Pauli , had learned the trade of machine fitter, but had been making a living as a street vendor since the 1920s . Thanks to his humor , rhetorical talent and quick-wittedness, he became a popular figure and was considered the king of street vendors in Hamburg . The regular place where he set up his sales stand was in front of the Karstadt - department store on the horse market , today's Gerhart-Hauptmann-Platz . He referred those interested in articles that he did not have to the “branch” behind him and then had the laughs on his side.

In 1940 Fritz Krüger was called up for military service. After returning to Hamburg in 1945, he first ran a canteen in the residential camp in the city ​​park before resuming his old job as a street vendor. When he tried to arbitrate in a dispute in 1951, his larynx was smashed so that he could only whisper and could no longer use his language skills. Nevertheless, he remained active as a street vendor.

Even before his death in February 1969, Fritz Krüger was considered one of the last Hamburg originals. He is buried in the Ohlsdorf cemetery, grid square Bw 62 (northeast of Prökelmoorteich ).

Web links

literature

  • Ernst Christian Schütt, Gerhard Ahrens: The Chronicle of Hamburg. Chronik Verlag, Dortmund 1991, ISBN 3-611-00194-5 , p. 554

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Celebrity Graves
personal data
SURNAME Oskar from the horse market
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krüger, Fritz (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German street vendor, Hamburg city original
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH 18th February 1969
Place of death Hamburg