{"id":12928,"date":"2023-03-22T12:02:22","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T11:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toleranzraeume.org\/alexander-bojcan\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T14:54:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T12:54:04","slug":"alexander-bojcan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.toleranzraeume.org\/en\/biographies\/alexander-bojcan\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Bojcan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"12928\" class=\"elementor elementor-12928 elementor-8419\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-74a6f265 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"74a6f265\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53769ebc\" data-id=\"53769ebc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6df99442 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6df99442\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Alexander Bojcan<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33eab60f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"33eab60f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">(born 1974 in West Berlin)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51860526 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51860526\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-62457f6b\" data-id=\"62457f6b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56fc4705 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"56fc4705\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"I was depressed for thirty years. I have to live with it. And I don't feel like hiding it.\"<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-735d2a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"735d2a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As an artist and private individual, Alexander Bojcan not only advocates a<br \/>\ncosmopolitan Germany, but also brings into question how to deal with the taboo<br \/>\ntopic of depression.<br \/>\nAlexander Bojcan, a comedian, actor and author best known as the fictional<br \/>\ncharacter Kurt Kr\u00f6mer, is one of the most successful artists in the German<br \/>\nentertainment television landscape. He grew up in the West Berlin districts of<br \/>\nNeuk\u00f6lln and Wedding in a working-class family. During the course of his<br \/>\nprofessional growth, he has worked as a men&#8217;s outfitter and as an employee of a<br \/>\ncleaning company, but finally found his passion in comedy. With the award-winning<br \/>\nTV format Chez Kr\u00f6mer, he and his team created a humorous and simultaneously<br \/>\nsocially critical platform. His guests, including many celebrities, politicians and<br \/>\nartists, face their own contradictions in an unpredictable manner.<br \/>\nThe boundaries between the fictional character Kurt Kr\u00f6mer and the private<br \/>\nindividual Alexander Bojcan are fluid. He raises questions about generalised<br \/>\nstatements, positioning himself against discriminatory, racist and homophobic ways of thinking and continually &#8220;pushing the envelope&#8221;.<br \/>\nThe comedian, a single father who himself suffered from depression for many years,<br \/>\nhas used the platform brought by his fame to bring the topic more into the public<br \/>\neye. His path to healing, not without obstacles and only beginning when he went<br \/>\ninto treatment, is described in his book Du darfst nicht alles glauben, was Du denkst:<br \/>\nMeine Depression (You Must Not Believe Everything You Think: My Depression). He<br \/>\nseeks to motivate and encourage others affected by depression.<br \/>\nIn his new podcast Feelings, every episode sees him meeting guests undisclosed to him in advance, thus creating open, spontaneous and authentic dialogues on every occasion.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e75dd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47e75dd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>*\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swr.de\/swr2\/literatur\/kurt-kroemer-spricht-ueber-seine-depression-100.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">https:\/\/www.swr.de\/swr2\/literatur\/kurt-kroemer-spricht-ueber-seine-depression-100.html<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48844b57\" data-id=\"48844b57\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18c75f37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"18c75f37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toleranzraeume.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/alexander-bojcan.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8422\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toleranzraeume.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/alexander-bojcan.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.toleranzraeume.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/alexander-bojcan-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Credits: Urban Zintel <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexander Bojcan (born 1974 in West Berlin) &#8220;I was depressed for thirty years. 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