Georg Schramm

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Georg Schramm
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Schramm as Lothar Dombrowski on stage in 2006.
Born (1949-03-11) 11 March 1949 (age 74)
NationalityGerman
Occupation(s) Kabarett artist, psychologist
Website georg-schramm.de

Georg Schramm (born 11 March 1949) is a German Kabarett artist. He was a host of the Kabarett shows Scheibenwischer and Neues aus der Anstalt .

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Biography

Schramm was born in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe. His father was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) which influenced his later performances as a Kabarett artist. [1] At his gymnasium (high school) he claims to have been the only working class child in his class. [2] He then enlisted for the Bundeswehr as a short-term career soldier which he retired from as a reserve officer. Afterwards he studied psychology in Bochum and worked as a psychologist in a rehab clinic from 1976 to 1988. [1] Since 1992 he has been working full-time as a Kabarett artist.

Kabarett

Schramm never stars on the stage as himself but uses a range of different characters to speak their minds. Even if he stars on the stage as "Schramm", he only does so acting as a character of the same name. [3] Most of the time he uses three characters for his performances:

Lothar Dombrowski
Dombrowski is a Prussian pensioner, disabled by a war and living in a retirement home. He is against any trends and funny comedy. Schramm uses this character to dish out coarse criticism of current events. [3]
Oberstleutnant Sanftleben
An officer of the Bundeswehr, Schramm created this character based on his personal experience with the army. Sanftleben often comments on military and war related matters, for example the Iraq War and offers his personal insight on the reasons for those conflicts. [3] Also, he shines a light on warlike aspects of the financial crisis.
August
August is a worker and SPD member from Hesse, talking in the typical dialect of that region. Coming from a social democratic background himself, Schramm uses August to both criticize the party from a member's perspective and to shield it from criticism. [3] The character is partly modeled after Schramm's father. [1]

Schramm is considered the most aggressive, outspoken and serious Kabarett artist of his time. [3] In 2007, he published his first book, Lassen Sie es mich so sagen – Dombrowski deutet die Zeichen der Zeit, a compilation of texts from his shows from 1983–2007.

Television

From 2000 to 2006 he was a regular guest in the Scheibenwischer which he co-hosted since 2003. He left the show on 24 April 2006 for reasons of conceptional and personal differences with fellow co-hosts Bruno Jonas and Mathias Richling. [4] From 2007 to 2010 he co-hosted Neues aus der Anstalt with Urban Priol. [5]

Solo programs

Awards

Bibliography

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References

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  2. Mühlauer, Alexander; Sürig, Dieter (17 May 2010). "Drei Kinder – da braucht man keinen Anlageberater". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 8 November 2021.
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