Fritz Schulz

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Fritz Schulz
Profession circus animal trainer
Personal details
Born 1910-12-10 Krampe in Germany
Dead 2010 in Australia
Country Australia

Locations
Title animal trainer 1947-
Location at Wirth Circus in Australia

Biography details

Fritz Wilhelm Schulz , circus animal trainer in Australia

Born 1910-12-10 in Germany dead 2010 in Australia .

Fritz W. Schulz was born on December 10, 1910 in Krampe, a small village near the town of Grünberg in Silesia (today Zielona Góra, in Poland). His father, Wilhelm, was a weaver; his mother, Maria (née Weinart) had died when Fritz was six years old.

Christoph Schulz was his uncle, an animal collector and dealer, who worked as agent for Firma Hagenbeck. Christoph Schulzs only son, Walter Christoph Schulz. Christoph grandson Jurgen C. Schulz has been active animal dealer in U.S.A.

Inspired by his relatives, Schulz made his debut on circus in 1929, when Fritz Schulz visited the giant Circus Sarrasani in Nuremberg, Germany. In 1946, he married Sonya Poll, and after living in New York until 1947, when they were forced to leave the country, Fritz and Sonya went to Australia where they found work at the Wirth Circus and other circuses like Ashtons Circus.


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References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). animal trainer Fritz Wilhelm Schulz in Australia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 28 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=651. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Categories animal trainer | circus | Wirth Circus | Schulz family | Born 1910 | Dead 2010 | People from Australia

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