Sarrasani

German circus

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The Sarrasani was a notable German circus that toured internationally. During the interwar period, it traveled to South America in 1923 and 1934 to avoid the economic inflation and political persecution occurring in Germany at the time. Unlike in the United States, where monopolies were attempted, European circuses often remained within families, leading to multiple circuses bearing similar names.1

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…of one German circus, the Sarrasani, which toured South America in 1923 and 1934 in order to evade inflation and political persecution at home. The circus in Britain also declined during the 1920s, although the circuses produced by Bertram Mills, a wealthy undertaker who had invented the glass hearse, were…
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…of one German circus, the Sarrasani, which toured South America in 1923 and 1934 in order to evade inflation and political persecution at home. The circus in Britain also declined during the 1920s, although the circuses produced by Bertram Mills, a wealthy undertaker who had invented the glass hearse, were…
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