Emil Wacker

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☨ Emil Wacker

Profession	circus director
Personal details
Born

Dead	1967-06-08


Spouse(s)	Micaela Busch

Residence
Country	Germany

Locations
Title	owner 1949-1957
Location	at Circus Apollo in Germany

Title	director -1937
Location	at Circus Busch (Paul Busch) in Germany

Title	agent-1962
Location	at Circus Willy Hagenbeck in Germany

Biography details

Emil Wacker , circus director in Germany

Wacker was born * dead 1967-06-08

⚭ Married to Micaela Busch born 1913-05-07 in Germany .

1935: Paula Busch and Emil Wacker bought most of Circus Strassburger, from Adolf Strassburger Jr., since the Strassburger fled to Netherlands, during the german Nazi period.
1936: Micaela Busch married Emil Wacker, who was directing circus Busch.
1937: Emil and Micaelas son Paul Busch Jr. was born.
1948: The last show for Circus Busch, and Paula went to her daughter Micaela in Sweden, where Micaela and Emil Wacker had a circus.
1949: After divorce from Micaela, Emil Wacker became owner of Circus Apollo.
1956-1958: rented out Circus Apollo to Hans Kossmayer and his wife Helene Kossmayer.
1967-06-08: Emil Wacker died 67 years old in Vienna, leaving his second wife Margarete.

Family

Total: 1 children

Paul Busch Jr.. Born: 1937-03-15.

Emil Wacker is mentioned on 6 other person pagesAdolf Strassburger, Constance Busch, Hans Kossmayer, Helene Althoff, Leopold Strassburger, Paula Busch,

Emil Wacker is mentioned on 2 location pagesCircus Busch (Paul Busch), Circus Strassburger,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). director Emil Wacker in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 17 July 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=235. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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