Fritz Schulz

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☨ Fritz Schulz

Personal details
Country	Australia

Locations
Title	animal trainer 1980-1992
Location	at Ashtons Circus in Australia

Title	animal trainer 1978-1980
Location	at Sole Brothers Circus in Australia

Title	elephant trainer 1954-1967
Location	at Ashtons Circus in Australia

Title	animal trainer 1947-1953
Location	at Wirth Circus in Australia

Title	animal trainer 1940-1943
Location	at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in United States

Title	animal trainer 1939-1940
Location	at Belle Vue Zoological Gardens in United Kingdom

Title	animal trainer 1938-1939
Location	at Circus Scott in Sweden

Title	animal trainer 1938-1938
Location	at Circus Knie in Switzerland

Title	animal trainer 1937-1937
Location	at Blackpool Tower Circus in United Kingdom

Title	animal trainer 1936-1936
Location	at Circus Medrano (Cirque Medrano, Cirque Fernando) in France

Title	animal trainer 1932-1936
Location	at Circus Sarrasani in Germany

Title	animal trainer 1932-1932
Location	at Circus Krone in Germany

Title	animal trainer 1929-1932
Location	at Circus Sarrasani in Germany

Title	owner
Location	at Fritz Schulzs elephants in Australia

Biography details

Fritz Wilhelm Schulz , circus animal trainer in Australia

Born 1910-12-10 in Germany dead 2010-02-01 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.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). animal trainer Fritz Wilhelm Schulz in Australia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=651. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

http://www.circopedia.org/Fritz_Schulz

Selected publications

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