History Creator / GermainMuller

Germain Muller (July 11, 1923 - October 10, 1994) was a French actor, SingerSongwriter, humorist, playwright, poet and cabaret director.

Drawing inspiration from Swiss and German popular theatre, he founded a cabaret in Strasbourg, ''De Barabli'', which performed plays, musical numbers and [[RecordedAndStandUpComedy stand-up comedy]] entirely in Alsatian, the variant of ''[[UsefulNotes/GermanDialects Alemannisch]]'' spoken as dialect in the area for centuries, which has had a rough time with both World Wars and francisation. The cabaret operated from 1946 to 1992.

Drawing inspiration from Swiss theatre, he founded a cabaret in Strasbourg, ''De Barabli'', which performed plays, musical numbers and [[RecordedAndStandUpComedy stand-up comedy]] entirely in Alsatian, the variant of ''[[UsefulNotes/GermanDialects Alemannisch]]'' spoken as dialect in the area for centuries, which has had a rough time with both World Wars and francisation. The cabaret operated from 1946 to 1992.

Drawing inspiration from Swiss theatre, he founded a cabaret in Strasbourg, ''De Barabli'', which performed plays, musical numbers and [[RecordedAndStandUpComedy stand-up comedy]] entirely in Alsatian, the variant of ''[[UsefulNotes/GermanDialects Alemannisch]]'' spoken in the area for centuries, which has had a rough time with both World Wars and francisation. The cabaret operated from 1946 to 1992.

Born in Strasbourg, [[UsefulNotes/DepartementalIssues Alsace]], a few years after the area became French again following UsefulNotes/WorldWarI (it had been German since the UsefulNotes/FrancoPrussianWar), he was a prominent figure (and defender) of the region's particular culture.

He also worked on German television (being fluent in German), making frequent appearances in series such as ''Series/{{Tatort}}'' and ''Achtung Zoll!''.

* AuthorTract: He openly defended the Alsatian dialect against the francisation that had been going on since the end of World War I and resumed after World War II, resulting in it being less and less taught to the local children and thus less and less spoken. This was most often expressed through {{satire}} in the cabaret spectacles and songs he wrote, making fun of a form of French CulturalPosturing that considers Alsatian as a [[RichLanguagePoorLanguage "language for the poor and peasants"]] and "too German" (since Germans were the bitter enemies of the French for three wars in 75 years, Alsace had the misfortune of being disputed by both countries in that timespan).

* AuthorTract: He openly defended the Alsatian dialect against the francisation that had been going on since the end of World War I and resumed after World War II, resulting in it being less and less taught to the local children and thus less and less spoken. This was most often expressed through {{satire}} in the cabaret spectacles and songs he wrote, making fun of a form of French CulturalPosturing that considers Alsatian as a [[RichLanguagePoorLanguage "language for the poor and peasants"]].

* AuthorTract: He openly defended the Alsatian dialect against the francisation that had been going on since the end of World War I and resumed after World War II, resulting in it being less and less taught to the local children and thus less and less spoken. This was most often expressed through {{satire}} in the cabaret spectacles and songs he wrote, making fun of a form of French CulturalPosturing that considers Alsatian as a [[RichLanguagePoorLanguage language for the poor and peasants]].

* DuringTheWar: His best known play, ''Enfin...Redde m'r nimm devon'' (''At last... let's not talk about it anymore''), takes place during the de facto annexation of Alsace by UsefulNotes/NaziGermany during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, which saw a brutal germanization and the conscription of many young men (including Germain himself) in the [[UsefulNotes/NazisWithGnarlyWeapons German armies]]. The play deals with the difficult war experience of the local people at the time and the major misunderstandings that happened after the region became French again.

* DuringTheWar: His best known play, ''Enfin...Redde m'r nimm devon'' (''At last... let's not talk about it anymore''), takes place during the de facto annexation of Alsace by UsefulNotes/NaziGermany during World War II, which saw a brutal germanization and the conscription of many young men (including Germain himself) in the [[UsefulNotes/NazisWithGnarlyWeapons German armies]]. The play deals with the difficult war experience of the local people at the time and the major misunderstandings that happened after the region became French again.

* DuringTheWar: His best known play, ''Enfin...Redde m'r nimm devon'' (''At last... let's not talk about it anymore''), takes place during the de facto annexation of Alsace by UsefulNotes/NaziGermany during World War II, which saw a brutal germanization and the conscription of many young men (including Germain himself) in the [[UsefulNotes/NazisWithGnarlyWeapons German armies]]. It deals with the war experience of the local people at the time and the major misunderstandings after the region became French again.

Born in Strasbourg, [[UsefulNotes/DepartementalIssues Alsace]], a few years after the area became French again following UsefulNotes/WorldWarI (it had been German since the UsefulNotes/FrancoPrussianWar), he was a prominent figure and defender the region's particular culture.

* DuringTheWar: His best known play, ''Enfin...Redde m'r nimm devon'' (''At last... let's not talk about it anymore''), takes place during the de facto annexation of Alsace by UsefulNotes/NaziGermany during World War II, which saw a brutal germanization and the conscription of many young men (including Germain himself) in the [[UsefulNotes/NazisWithGnarlyWeapons German armies]], as well as much incomprehension after the region became French again.

* DuringTheWar: His best known play, ''Enfin...Redde m'r nimm devon'' (''At last... let's not talk about it anymore''), takes place during the annexation of Alsace by UsefulNotes/NaziGermany during World War II, which saw a brutal germanization and the conscription of many young men (including Germain himself) in the [[UsefulNotes/NazisWithGnarlyWeapons German armies]], as well as much incomprehension after the region became French again.

Born in Strasbourg, [[UsefulNotes/DepartementalIssues Alsace]], a few years after the area became French again following UsefulNotes/WorldWarI (it had been German since the UsefulNotes/FrancoPrussianWar), he was a prominent figure in the region's particular culture.

Germain Muller (July 11, 1923 - October 10, 1994) was a French actor, SingerSongwriter, humorist, playwright and poet.

* AuthorTract: He openly defended the Alsatian dialect against the francisation that had been going on since the end of World War I and resumed after World War II, resulting in it being less and less taught to the local children and thus less and less spoken. This was most often expressed through {{satire}} in the cabaret spectacles he wrote, making fun of a form of French CulturalPosturing that considers Alsatian as a [[RichLanguagePoorLanguage language for the poor and peasants]].

* DuringTheWar: His best known play, ''Enfin...Redde m'r nimm devon'' (''At last... let's not talk about it anymore''), takes place during the annexation of Alsace by UsefulNotes/NaziGermany during World War II, which saw a brutal germanization and the conscription of many young men (including Germain himself) in the [[UsefulNotes/NazisWithGnarlyWeapons German armies]].

* AuthorTract: He openly defended the Alsatian dialect against the francisation that had been going on since the end of World War I and resumed after World War II, resulting in it being less and less taught to the local children and thus less and less spoken. This was most often expressed through {{satire}} in the cabaret spectacles he wrote, making fun of a form of French CulturalPosturing that consider Alsatian as a [[RichLanguagePoorLanguage language for the poor and peasants]].

* AuthorTract: He openly defended the Alsatian dialect against the francisation that had been going on since the end of World War I and resumed after World War II, resulting in it being less and less taught to the local children and thus less and less spoken. This was most often expressed through {{satire}} in the spectacles he wrote, making fun of a form of French CulturalPosturing that consider Alsatian as a [[RichLanguagePoorLanguage language for the poor and peasants]].

* AuthorTract: He openly defended the Alsatian dialect against the francisation that had been going on since the end of World War I and resumed after World War II. This was most often expressed through {{satire}} in the spectacles he wrote, making fun of a form of French CulturalPosturing that consider Alsatian as a [[RichLanguagePoorLanguage language for the poor and peasants]].

Drawing inspiration from Swiss theatre, he founded a cabaret in Strasbourg, ''De Barabli'', which performed plays, musical numbers and StandUpComedy entirely in Alsatian, the variant of ''[[UsefulNotes/GermanDialects Alemannisch]]'' spoken in the area for centuries, which has had a rough time with both World Wars and francisation. The cabaret operated from 1946 to 1992.

Drawing inspiration from Swiss theatre, he founded a cabaret in Strasbourg, ''De Barabli'', which performed plays, musical numbers and StandUpComedy entirely in Alsatian, the variant of ''[[php/UsefulNotes/GermanDialects Alemannisch]]'' spoken in the area for centuries, which has had a rough time with both World Wars and francisation. The cabaret operated from 1946 to 1992.

Born in Strasbourg, [[UsefulNotes/DepartementalIssues Alsace]], a few years after the area became French again following UsefulNotes/WorldWarI (it had been German since the UsefulNotes/FrancoPrussianWar), he was a prominent figure in the region's particular culture.