Seppel Glückert
Seppel Glückert (born June 1, 1891 in Mainz ; † March 31, 1955 ibid) was a German stationery dealer, hand-made speaker and chairman of the Mainz Carneval Association (MCV). In his childhood he was a member of the Mainz Cathedral Choir and was active in the Catholic Business Association. He took over his father's business.
Life
Glückert was born in 1891 as the son of a stationery dealer in Mainz. He was raised Catholic and as a child was a member of the Mainz Cathedral Choir and later active in the Catholic Business Association of his hometown.
Mainz Carnival
In 1925 Glückert joined the MCV, three years later he took over the role of recorder. His speaking skills and his appearances in the Bütt soon made him one of the most popular fast nights in Mainz . He was soon also considered the censor of the MCV. He did not allow indecentions or ambiguities that contradicted his Catholic life maxim. At the same time he was a critic of National Socialism.
"Heil one calls here, one calls Heil there,
only one syllable is missing from this word,
in all German lands
disaster has only arisen from it"
Even during the time of National Socialism , he held on to his parodic talent despite the associated danger. His popularity among the Mainz population surely saved him from reprisals from the Nazi regime. Here's how he rhymed just a few weeks after the seizure of power :
"To talk here today you need courage,
because, anyway , you can take a look at yourself,
as a victim of your foolish art
you can be quartered completely"
and jokingly said that he had already said goodbye to his wife as a precaution because the follow-up meeting could possibly take place " in the Worms area ". He also mentioned the Dachau concentration camp at a meeting in 1935 :
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- Seppel Glückert;
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- Seppel Glückert; 1935
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There was a scandal in the 1938 campaign. Because Glückert mentioned the Dachau concentration camp, the direct broadcast on the radio was canceled.
In the post-war period, Glückert enjoyed a high reputation with the French authorities. They granted the fast night , whom they called poète , a general license for further performances. In 1946 he was one of the co-organizers of the Mainz evenings , which were celebrated as a substitute for Mardi Gras in war-torn Mainz on the initiative of the French city commandant Louis Théodore Kleinmann .
"Seven years, say it
bluntly, we have been stolen again,
and our city with its alleys
bleed from a thousand wounds."
From 1947 until his death in 1955, Glückert was President of the MCV. In 1951 he voluntarily left the Mainz Carnival and only returned once, in 1955, as chairman of the MCV to attend a gentlemen's meeting. A few weeks later he died of a stroke and was buried with great sympathy in the main cemetery in Mainz , where his grave is still located today.
Awards and honors
In 1948, Der Spiegel called him “King of the Büttenredner”. Today a street in the pedestrian zone in downtown Mainz is named after him: Seppel-Glückert-Passage .
Web links
- Biography on regionalgeschichte.net
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich Schütz, "The modern Mainzer Fastnacht" in Mainz: The history of the city (Mainz, 1999), p. 825
- ↑ The version heard comes from a television report that SWR television broadcast during the carnival season in 2008
- ↑ Celebrate with decency . In: Der Spiegel . No. 7 , 1948, pp. 3 ( Online - Feb. 14, 1948 ).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Glückert, Seppel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German hand-made speaker and chairman of the Mainz Carneval Association |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mainz |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 1955 |
| Place of death | Mainz |