Our project ‘Diverging Fates: Travelling Circus People in Europe under National Socialism’ wants not only to foster new scholarship and commemorational approaches, and a new identification of the circus as a cosmopolitan environment in Europe […]
The brothers Arthur and Rudolf Lorch came from a traditional German-Jewish circus family, which resided in the Southern Hessian town Eschollbrücken. Together with their eldest brother Julius, they formed the core of the world-famous Risley […]
As a prominent circus director, tireless crisis manager, and author of numerous novels, stage plays and circus pantomimes, Paula Busch occupies an outstanding place in German circus history. After dropped-out university studies in literature, art […]
Founded by Ahmed Ben Amar el-Gaid in Setif, Algeria, Circus Amar became one of France’s leading circus companies under the direction of his widow Marie Bonnafoux and his sons Ahmed also known as Amar aîné, […]
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