Circus Barlay (Olympia, Berolina) in Germany

Circus Barlay (Olympia, Berolina)

Type	circus

Owner	1931-1935: Carola Williams 1935-: Harry Barlay
Founded	1935
Closed down	1960
Place	Neustadt an der Orla
Country	Germany

Directors

Key People	: Gisela Brumbach (animal trainer)

Veterinarians

Elephant department

Head keepers of elephants	-: Josef Holzmüller Sr. (elephant trainer) 1934-1953: Erwin Bauer (elephant trainer) 1957-1958: Kally Frank (elephant trainer) 1957-1958: Georg Frank Jr. (elephant trainer)

Elephant keepers
Record history
History of updates	2022-03-31

Latest document update	2022-03-31 10:58:41
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Description

Circus Barlay (Olympia, Berolina), in Neustadt an der Orla, Germany , was founded in 1935. Circus Barlay (Olympia, Berolina) closed down in 1960.

Comments / pictures1931: Carola Althoff married Reinhold Kwasnik, AKA Harry Barlay (1898-1989), and with the help from her father Dominik Althoff they founded a circus, but Carola soon returned to her fathers circus with her son Reinhold (artist name Holdy Barlay) . Later Carola Althoff married equestrian Harry Williams (1902-1951) and established Circus Williams.

Even later Mr Kwasnik escaped to West Germany.

The Circus was renamed to Olympia, after this Circus Berolina.
1960: The circus merged into Berlin Circus Union VEB

Stable masters:
30´s: Elephant keeper Erwin Bauer (Came from Circus Kludsky)

References for records about Circus Barlay (Olympia, Berolina)

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Circus Barlay (Olympia, Berolina), Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=1000. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
http://www.circopedia.org/Circus_Williams

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