Jakob Busch - Revision history

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 The Circus Busch of Jakob Busch was not connected with the homonymous and contemporary circus buildings of the Busch circus empire, which was started in 1884 by [[Circus Busch|Paul Busch]]: Paul and Jakob Busch were not related. It must not be confused either with the itinerant Circus Busch that went on the road under the management of Paul Busch’s daughter, [[Circus Busch|Paula Busch]], after she lost her Berlin building in 1937. Paula Busch’s traveling circus was known as ''Circus Busch-Berlin'', and eventually became [[Circus Busch-Roland]], when it merged in 1963 with Circus Roland-Bremen.

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 Jakob Busch (1879-1948) was the founder and owner of the itinerant Circus Busch (also known as ''Circus Busch-Nürnberg'' and ''Circus Busch Wanderschau''), which was one of Germany’s (and Europe’s) most important traveling circuses in the 1930s. Based originally in Nuremberg, in Bavaria, Circus Busch found itself in Saxony at the end of WWII, in what had become East Germany; under the Communist regime, it was eventually nationalized and incorporated in 1960 into the [[VEB Zentral-Zirkus]], the State circus company of the German Democratic Republic.
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 Jakob Busch (1879-1948) was the founder and owner of the itinerant Circus Busch (also known as ''Circus Busch-Nürnberg'' and ''Circus Busch Wanderschau''), which was one of Germany’s (and Europe’s) most important traveling circuses in the 1930s. Based originally in Nuremberg, in Bavaria, Circus Busch found itself in Saxony at the end of WWII, in what had become East Germany; under the Communist regime, it was eventually nationalized and incorporated in 1960 into the [[VEB Zentral-Zirkus]], the State circus company of the German Democratic Republic.
-===From Traveling Menagerie To Traveling Circus===
+=[[File:Jakob_Busch_portrait.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Jakob Busch (c.1930)]]
-[[File:Jakob_Busch_portrait.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Jakob Busch (c.1930)]]The Circus Busch of Jakob Busch was not connected with the homonymous and contemporary circus buildings of the Busch circus empire, which was started in 1884 by [[Circus Busch|Paul Busch]]: Paul and Jakob Busch were not related. It must not be confused either with the itinerant Circus Busch that went on the road under the management of Paul Busch’s daughter, [[Circus Busch|Paula Busch]], after she lost her Berlin building in 1937. Paula Busch’s traveling circus was known as ''Circus Busch-Berlin'', and eventually became [[Circus Busch-Roland]], when it merged in 1963 with Circus Roland-Bremen.
+The Circus Busch of Jakob Busch was not connected with the homonymous and contemporary circus buildings of the Busch circus empire, which was started in 1884 by [[Circus Busch|Paul Busch]]: Paul and Jakob Busch were not related. It must not be confused either with the itinerant Circus Busch that went on the road under the management of Paul Busch’s daughter, [[Circus Busch|Paula Busch]], after she lost her Berlin building in 1937. Paula Busch’s traveling circus was known as ''Circus Busch-Berlin'', and eventually became [[Circus Busch-Roland]], when it merged in 1963 with Circus Roland-Bremen.
 Jakob Busch was born on November 5, 1879 in Würzburg, in Northern Bavaria, Germany, in a family of fairground entertainers. His parents, Georg Busch and his wife, Karolina, née Geuder, ran a small traveling menagerie where Karolina presented wild animals as Miss Hélia. Jakob began his career as a strongman. In 1903, at age twenty-four, he launched a small one-pole tenting show of his own named ''Raubtier-Attraktion Zirkus Busch'' ("Wild-Animal Show Circus Busch"). Although it had definitely circus ambitions, the show was still in essence a small traveling menagerie, whose main draw was a cyclist turning around the walls of a bottomless basket hanging above a cage filled with lions: this was a popular type of attraction then on the fairgrounds.

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 After WWII, Circus Busch had lost much of its former glory. During the War, the circus had relocated its quarters near Chemnitz in Saxony, which was now on the Eastern part of a newly divided Germany. However, Circus Busch was permitted to continue as a private entity (as was another famous German circus also stranded in East Germany, [[Circus Barlay]]). But Jakob Busch didn’t survive the decline of his circus very long: He died on April 16, 1948 in Nuremberg, where he had returned to settle his affairs.
-After its founder’s death, the circus was briefly managed by Jakob’s wife, Wilhelmina (1888-1950), then by Jakob’s heir and adoptive son, Fritz van der Heydt (1885-1951). In 1951, both circuses Busch and Barlay were nationalized and, in 1960, they became part of the VEB Zentral-Zirkus, the State central circus company. In the GDR’s circus system, Circus Busch remained a prominent name, and one of the top circuses in the country. In 1990, with the dismantlement of the German Democratic Republic, Circus Busch was closed and dismissed along with the State circus company itself. The Western-German Circus Busch-Roland, heir to the other Busch circus organization, bought the name and what was left of Circus Busch’s equipment.
+After its founder’s death, the circus was briefly managed by Jakob’s wife, Wilhelmina (1888-1950), then by Jakob’s heir and adoptive son, Fritz van der Heydt (1885-1951). In 1951, both circuses Busch and Barlay were nationalized and, in 1960, they became part of the [[VEB Zentral-Zirkus]], the State central circus company. In the GDR’s circus system, Circus Busch remained a prominent name, and one of the top circuses in the country. In 1990, with the dismantlement of the German Democratic Republic, Circus Busch was closed and dismissed along with the State circus company itself. The Western-German [[Circus Busch-Roland]], heir to the other Busch circus organization, bought the name and what was left of Circus Busch’s equipment.
 In 1953, a strange story appeared in the German press. Carl Stelzenmüller, a former policeman from a small village in the Bayern region, changed his family name to Busch, claiming that his mother had told him on her deathbed that he was the illegitimate son of Jakob Busch. He created and ran for a little while a modest ''Carl Busch'' circus, surviving without much success in the midst of complicated legal battles over the use of the Busch title. In the early 1980s, the circus director Alfred Scholl bought the name ''Carl Busch'' from Carl Stelzenmüller-Busch and opened a new Circus Carl Busch. Upon Scholl’s death, the circus was taken over by Alfons Willeam (1941-2009), from the Wille circus family. His family manages today Circus Carl Busch, a mid-size German circus enterprise of good quality.

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-[[File:Jakob_Busch_portrait.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Jakob Busch (c.1930)]]The Circus Busch of Jakob Busch was not connected to the homonymous and contemporary circus buildings of the Busch circus empire, which was started in 1884 by [[Circus Busch|Paul Busch]]: Paul and Jakob Busch were not related. It must not be confused either with the itinerant Circus Busch that went on the road under the management of Paul Busch’s daughter, [[Circus Busch|Paula Busch]], after she lost her Berlin building in 1937. Paula Busch’s traveling circus was known as ''Circus Busch-Berlin'', and eventually became [[Circus Busch-Roland]], when it merged in 1963 with Circus Roland-Bremen.
+[[File:Jakob_Busch_portrait.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Jakob Busch (c.1930)]]The Circus Busch of Jakob Busch was not connected to the homonymous and contemporary circus buildings of the Busch circus empire, which was started in 1884 by [[Circus Busch|Paul Busch]]: Paul and Jakob Busch were not related. It must not be confused either with the itinerant Circus Busch that went on the road under the management of Paul Busch’s daughter, [[Circus Busch|Paula Busch]], after she lost her Berlin building in 1937. Paula Busch’s traveling circus was known as ''Circus Busch-Berlin'', and eventually became [[Circus Busch-Roland]], when it merged in 1963 with Circus Roland-Bremen.
 Jakob Busch was born on November 5, 1879 in Würzburg, in Northern Bavaria, Germany, in a family of fairground entertainers. His parents, Georg Busch and his wife, Karolina, née Geuder, ran a small traveling menagerie where Karolina presented wild animals as Miss Hélia. Jakob began his career as a strongman. In 1903, at age twenty-four, he launched a small one-pole tenting show of his own named ''Raubtier-Attraktion Zirkus Busch'' ("Wild-Animal Show Circus Busch"). Although it had definitely circus ambitions, the show was still in essence a small traveling menagerie, whose main draw was a cyclist turning around the walls of a bottomless basket hanging above a cage filled with lions: this was a popular type of attraction then on the fairgrounds.

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 In the late 1920s, Jakob Busch made his mark as one of the first circus directors to adapt water spectaculars (popularized by Paula Busch in her Berlin circus) to an itinerant big top, and to bring to his traveling show, under the artistic direction of [[Alfred Delbosq]], the hitherto purely urban concept of the revue&mdash;replete with chorus line, singers, and theatrical tableaux. Using equipment especially designed for his traveling circus, Jakob Busch dedicated the full second half of his shows to carefully dramatized water pantomimes, for which the ring was completely flooded. Their themes ranged from oriental tales to Venetian feasts, and even to an elaborate six-part spy story, ''From the Equator to the Pole'', which included all sorts of exotic animals, and a polar tableau with penguins, sea lions, and a couple of ice skaters.
-True to its beginnings, Circus Busch traveled with a large menagerie, including a herd of twelve elephants trained by the legendary Indian trainer [[Epi Vidane]], and at times, its program included no less than four cage acts. Jakob Busch presented first-class acts such as the [[Lorch Family]]’s Risley act, the celebrated cat trainer [[Vojtech Trubka]] with a mixed group of 18 animals, the [[Zacchini Family|Zacchini]] family of daredevils, large troupes of acrobats (notably the "gladiators" [[The Romanos|Romanos]]), various members of the [[The Gautier Dynasty|Gautier]] equestrian dynasty, and even the legendary equestrienne [[Therese Renz]] (1859-1938), among many others. The famous Italian bareback riding troupe of [[The Carolis|Enrico Caroli]] performed during all WWII with Circus Busch, where they originated their popular clown act, [[The Francescos]], in 1939.
+True to its beginnings, Circus Busch traveled with a large menagerie, including a herd of twelve elephants trained by the legendary Indian trainer [[Epi Vidane]], and at times, its program included no less than four cage acts. Jakob Busch presented first-class acts such as the [[The Lorch Family|Lorch Family]]’s Risley act, the celebrated cat trainer [[Vojtech Trubka]] with a mixed group of 18 animals, the [[Zacchini Family|Zacchini]] family of daredevils, large troupes of acrobats (notably the "gladiators" [[The Romanos|Romanos]]), various members of the [[The Gautier Dynasty|Gautier]] equestrian dynasty, and even the legendary equestrienne [[Therese Renz]] (1859-1938), among many others. The famous Italian bareback riding troupe of [[The Carolis|Enrico Caroli]] performed during all WWII with Circus Busch, where they originated their popular clown act, [[The Francescos]], in 1939.
 Circus Busch's advertising stated that its big top could accommodate 7,000 spectators&mdash;in all probability an inflated number, but it was indeed a large circus. It had its winter quarters in Nuremberg (thus its name, ''Circus Busch-Nürnberg''), traveled by rail on two special trains, and didn’t limit its tours to Germany: It performed regularly in neighboring Czechoslovakia and Austria, and even became popular in Italy, which it visited in 1931 and 1932, due to the close ties between the Fascist and Nazi regimes.