Max Schumann Jr., circus director in Denmark Born 1916 dead 2004 , son of director Oscar Schumann . 1954: The circus belonged to the brothers Albert Schumann (1915-2001) and Max (1916-2004). Max Schumann has the daughter Katja Schumann (born 1949), married to Paul Binder of New Yorks circus Big Apple. 1977: Max decided to hit the road again under a big top, and Cirkus Max Schumann began touring Denmark in the summer months. Katja presented a liberty act and her high-school act, and Max a "Maxi-Mini" act. Her brother Philip came on board as technical director and appeared at times in a triple high-school act with Max and Katja. Yet, as it had shown in the 1960s in Sweden, it is possible that, in the Scandinavian audiences’ psyche, the name Schumann had become difficult to associate with the idea of a traveling circus. 1982: The audience never built enough to keep the enterprise afloat and, in 1982, Circus Max Schumann folded its tents. 1993: Max joined his daughter at the Big Apple Circus, accompanied by Vivi. 2002: He returned to Denmark in 2002 and finally retired in Lundum in Central Jutland. 2004: He passed away on December 28, 2004 and was laid to rest in the Lundum Cemetery. 2009: His wife Vivi died on November 9, 2009.
Max Schumann Jr. Born: 1916
Father:Oscar SchumannBorn: 1886
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