Willi Scheu
Willi Scheu (born December 24, 1910 in Gonsenheim ; † April 13, 1998 ibid) was a German dentist and well-known Mainz fast night .
Life
Scheu studied dentistry in Giessen . During his studies in 1931 he became a member of the Corps Hassia, which was then based in Gießen and since 1949 in Mainz . After completing his doctorate , he first settled in Mainz as an independent dentist , but then moved to Wiesbaden . There he was one of the founding members of the Sonnenberg Heimatverein in 1951 .
Scheu was a member of the Mainz Carneval Association (MCV). He became known in the post-war period as a performer of Bajazz with the lantern , a Bajazzo figure that quickly became a symbol of the Mainz Carnival . In 1963 he became the first recipient of the Narrenbrunnen price of Ettlingen excellent. The weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT described Scheu in his role as a sharp-tongued politicizing Bajazz as the most pronounced figure in the joint meeting Mainz, which was put together especially for ARD television, Mainz remains as it sings and laughs . The German Trade Union Confederation criticized Scheus' anti-union statements as "swindling". In 1998, Der Spiegel wrote in its obituary: "The joke of the hand-crafted speaker was one of the dullest things organized German humor can bring about."
Works
- The dentist as an expert in the accident insurance under the Reich law , Gelnhausen 1936
- The Mainz Bajazz speaks - The collected lectures of the "Mainz Bajazz" from the meetings of the Mainz Carneval Association (MCV) , Mainz 1961
Web links
- Appreciation of shyness by the SWR
- Video: Willi Scheu: Bajazz with the lantern, "Das Klassenbild", 1969
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1996, 66 , 1249
- ^ History of the Sonnenberg Heimatverein
- ^ List of award winners ( Memento from April 12, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Article Carnival in the Crisis , in: Die Zeit, No. 49 of December 8, 1967 digitized
- ↑ Died: Willi Scheu . Der Spiegel 17/1998. April 20, 1998. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
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SURNAME | Shy, Willi |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German dentist and fast night from Mainz |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1910 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Gonsenheim |
DATE OF DEATH | April 13, 1998 |
Place of death | Gonsenheim |