Oliver Fleischer - "Der Tod ist nie fair - er verändert unser Leben"

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Oliver Fleischer
Death is never fair - it changes our lives
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The actor writes about his side job as a pallbearer
The actor Oliver Fleischer has been at home in the spotlight for many years. He has performed on German theater stages, appeared in various television and film formats, won the German Comedy Award three times and the German Television Award twice. So it comes as a surprise that Oliver Fleischer has been working as a pallbearer on the side for over ten years. In his book "Der Oma hätte das gefallen", which will be published in March by Bonifa􏰂us Verlag, he talks about his motivation, the insights and wisdom he has gained during his work and all sorts of curious things he has experienced as a pallbearer over the years.
Oliver Fleischer started carrying coffins and urns ten years ago; during this time, he has experienced bizarre and moving moments that have shaped him to this day. What used to be mostly done as a voluntary job and by pensioners for little money is now an area where there is an acute shortage of skilled workers.
But Oliver Fleischer has remained a pallbearer not only because of a lack of staff: For him, what counts more is serving people, accompanying the deceased on their final journey and giving them a dignified farewell.
In the book, he processes his experiences in the form of profound insights and reflections as well as unusual anecdotes. He tells how it can happen that, as a coffin or urn bearer, he is the only person present at a funeral; but he has also experienced curious things, such as the situation that gave the book its name: at the funeral of an elderly lady, the catafalque carriage started to move after the coffin had been lifted; he and his colleagues were unable to stop the carriage, so the coffin rolled away and landed in the bushes. One member of the mourners was certain: "Grandma would have liked that."
The author:
Oliver Fleischer, born in 1974, grew up in Bottrop. He began his acting career on the theater stage. For years, he has regularly appeared in feature films and TV series
Bibliography
Oliver Fleischer
"Grandma would have liked that"
Moving and curious experiences of a coffin bearer
ISBN 978-3-98790-038-9 Softcover, 256 pages € 20,00 (D) / € 20,60 (A)... This content has been machine translated.