Adolf Althoff

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☨ Adolf Althoff

Maria and Adolf Althoff
Profession	circus director
Personal details
Born	1913-06-25 Sonsbeck in Germany

Dead	1998-10-14 in Germany


Spouse(s)	Maria Althoff

Residence
Country	Germany

Locations
Title	assistant director -
Location	at Circus Adolf Althoff in Germany

Title	owner -
Location	at Circus Adolf Althoff in Germany

Relevant literature

Biography details

Adolf Althoff , circus director in Germany

Althoff was born * 1913-06-25 in Sonsbeck Germany dead 1998-10-14 , in Germany , son of director Dominik Althoff and equestrian Adele Althoff

⚭ Married to Maria Althoff born 1908 in Germany .

Adolf Althoff (1913–1998) was a German circus owner, animal tamer and performer who saved several people from the Holocaust by having them work and travel in his circus. A member of a 300-year-old circus family, Althoff and his story are featured in a book about Germans who saved Jews from the Holocaust (Other Germans Under Hitler by Herbert Straeten). The events of his rescue during World War II are also dramatized in a 1998 Showtime TV-movie entitled Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Families.

Althoff warned the people he rescued with the code Go Fishing. In 1995 he and his wife Maria were named Righteous Among the Nations, an Israeli honor.

He was born into the family in Sonsbeck, Germany. At age 17 he became publicity director for his families of the circus. In his twenties Althoff and his sister formed their own circus, of which he was the ringmaster for 30 years. In 1940, Althoff began five years work in concealing four members of the Danner performing family in his circus. Althoff provided the Danners with false identity papers and had the family working under pseudonyms.

Family

Total: 2 children

Karla Bronett. Born: 1931-02-16.
Franz Althoff Jr.. Born: 1943-07-13.

Siblings

Siblings through the father Dominik Althoff (1883-04-08 -- 1974-09-26):

Carolina Althoff Born 1903-12-01 Dead: † 1987-11-11
Franz Althoff Born 1908 Dead: † 1987
Helene Althoff Born 1907 Dead: † 1997
Jeanette Althoff Born 1913-11-29
Henriette Althoff Born 1910-08-15 Dead: † 2004
Maria Althoff Born ?

Adolf Althoffs ancestral Ahnentafel:
P	I	II	III
Adolf Althoff Born: 1913-06-25	Father: Dominik Althoff Born: 1883-04-08	Paternal Grandfather: Adolf Althoff Born: 1852-08-11	Paternal Great-grandfather: Wilhem Althoff
		Paternal Grandfather: Adolf Althoff Born: 1852-08-11	Paternal Great-grandmother: Anna Holzmüller
		Paternal Grandmother: Sabrine Sonnier Born: 1860-07-08	Paternal Great-grandfather::
		Paternal Grandmother: Sabrine Sonnier Born: 1860-07-08	Paternal Great-grandmother:
	Mother: Adele Mark Born: 1883-04-15	Maternal Grandfather: Born: h	Maternal Great-grandfather:
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Adolf Althoff is mentioned on 9 other person pagesAdolf Enders, Alice Lorch, Carolina Althoff, Dominik Althoff, Gunther Gebel, Hans Kossmayer, Hans Danner, Pierre Althoff, Wilhelm Kossmayer,

Adolf Althoff is mentioned on 6 location pagesCircus Adolf Althoff, Circus Corty-Althoff (Circus Corty), Circus Dominik Althoff, Circus Kossmayer, Circus Williams, Circus Williams-Althoff,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). director Adolf Althoff in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 14 March 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=352. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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