Arthur Blumenfeld

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 ☨ Arthur Blumenfeld 
Profession circus artist
Personal details
Born 1889-05 in Germany

Dead 1951-12-17 Fuldastrasse 42, Berlon-Neukölln in Germany


Spouse(s) Vicky Blumenfeld

Residence
Country Germany

Locations
Title artist -
Location at Circus Blumenfeld in Germany

Biography details

Arthur Blumenfeld , circus artist in Germany

Blumenfeld was born * 1889-05 in Germany dead 1951-12-17 Fuldastrasse 42, Berlon-Neukölln, in Germany , son of director Simon Blumenfeld and director Rosa Strassburger

⚭ Married to Vicky Blumenfeld born 1897-12-06 .

Arthur  BlumenfeldFrom left: Alfons Blumenfeld, Alex Blumenfeld, Arthur Blumenfeld.


As so many German circuses in the 1920s, the Blumenfeld brothers slid into severe financial difficulties, so that bankruptcy proceedings had to be opened in 1928. The complete lack of financial means forced the Blumenfeld brothers to go separate ways. Arthur performed his liberty horse act in the German circus Adolf Fischer.

Arthur Blumenfeld had settled with his wife Victoria (1897-1990) and his two daughters Rita and Eva in Berlin in 1933. Victoria came from another branch of the Blumenfeld family, but she managed to register herself as alleged adopted child of Unknown “Aryan” origin. Thanks to the supposed “mixed marriage”, the family was safe from deportation, but the German authorities subjected Arthur to the usual discriminations like forced labour and the wearing of the Jewish badge.

Arthur Blumenfeld lost nine brothers and sisters during the Nazi period. He and his sister Jeanette (1897-1969), who lived in England, were the only survivors. After the war, Arthur tried to revive the Blumenfeld Circus in Berlin, but a heavy storm damage and the consequences of the Berlin Blockade forced him to give up in 1949.

1951: Artur committed suicide, two years later, at the age of 62.

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Family


Total: 2 children

  1. Eva Blumenfeld.
  2. Rita Blumenfeld. Born: 1921-09-29.

Siblings

Siblings through the father Simon Blumenfeld (1861-01-29 -- 1942-12):

  1. Emanuel Blumenfeld Born 1885-07-06 Dead: † 1942
  2. Alfons Blumenfeld Born 1887-05-31 Dead: † 1942
  3. Erich Blumenfeld Born 1901-11-10 Dead: † 1943-03-06
  4. Betty Blumenfeld
  5. Jeannette Blumenfeld Born 1864 Dead: † 1942
  6. Eugen Blumenfeld
  7. Alfred Blumenfeld
  8. Willy Blumenfeld
  9. Fritz Blumenfeld
  10. Alice Blumenfeld

Arthur Blumenfelds ancestral Ahnentafel:

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Arthur Blumenfeld
Born: 1889-05

Father:
Simon Blumenfeld

Born: 1861-01-29
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Paternal Grandfather:
Emanuel Blumenfeld

Born:
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Paternal Great-grandfather:
Maurice Cerf (Hirsch)
Paternal Great-grandmother:
Henriette Jonas
Paternal Grandmother:
Jeannette Stein

Born: 1831-04-25
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Paternal Great-grandfather::
Paternal Great-grandmother:

Mother:
Rosa Strassburger

Born: 1862-01-28
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Maternal Grandfather:
Salomon Strassburger

Born: 1839-04-02
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Maternal Great-grandfather:
Adolf Strassburger
Maternal Great-grandmother:
Babette Wulff
Maternal Grandmother:
Amalie Koch

Born:
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Maternal Great-grandfather:
Maternal Great-grandmother:


Arthur Blumenfeld is mentioned on 4 other person pagesAlfons Blumenfeld,  Emanuel Blumenfeld,  Leopold Konyot,  Victoria Blumenfeld,  

Arthur Blumenfeld is mentioned on 2 location pagesCircus Blumenfeld,  Circus Leopold,  

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). artist Arthur Blumenfeld in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 23 May 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=2087. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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