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

Country	Germany

Work locations
Title	artist -
Location	at Circus Blumenfeld in Germany

Biography details

Arthur Blumenfeld , circus artist in Germany

Born 1889-05 in Germany dead 1951-12-17 in Germany , son of director Simon Blumenfeld and director Rosa Strassburger .

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

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

Siblings

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

Arthur Blumenfeld s ancestral Ahnentafel:
P	I	II	III
Arthur Blumenfeld Born: 1889-05	Father: Simon Born: 1861-01-29	Paternal Grandfather: Emanuel Born:	Paternal Great-grandfather: Maurice
		Paternal Grandfather: Emanuel Born:	Paternal Great-grandmother: Henriette
		Paternal Grandmother: Jeannette Born: 1831-04-25	Paternal Great-grandfather::
		Paternal Grandmother: Jeannette Born: 1831-04-25	Paternal Great-grandmother:
	Mother: Rosa Born: 1862-01-28	Maternal Grandfather: Adolf Born: ?	Maternal Great-grandfather: Adolf
		Maternal Grandfather: Adolf Born: ?	Maternal Great-grandmother:
		Maternal Grandmother: Born:	Maternal Great-grandfather:
		Maternal Grandmother: Born:	Maternal Great-grandmother:

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2021). artist Rita Blumenfeld in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 24 March 2023 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=2087. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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