European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 17 an inflight Joseph during his wire audience reaction to the Roncalli backstage workers Ulrike Eggert ironing and Shano Krohn ready for a Quick costume change during the bring on the Bernhard Bernhard Paul on German circus Hitler stopped All varieties of theater and also the there were Many jewish people in circus at the time he came to and they were but he also changed he wanted everything to celebrate aryan including the he wanted strongmen anything with and the circus and Germany never got away from that after the people were used to i think germans Are Only now rediscovering their old what it was like before on taxes the German government has to accept circus As As an Art that would make it a Little easier on us the other forms of the the the they All get Large endowments from the the circus not Only gets no it is asked to give Money to the its taxed like a we dont need but with fewer taxes we could we could preserve the on european circuses i dont see How Large circuses Large circuses like Munich circus Krone or circus Knie in they Are i Hope they last a Long because they Are still a form of but i dont see How they do on joining the circus when people Tell me they want to join the i make it difficult for if they write to for i ignore the first two if they write a third time then maybe ill Tell them to come talk to me in there is a huge behind Hestenes Side to circus that people dont always understand they see the Small number of performers and hear the applause and think that interests they dont know of All the hard work and people behind the so if someone is still interested in the i make them a ring make them clean the ring after the animals and set up if they Are really circus people at they will Rise the rest will leave because the Job is hard and not circus people work very almost everyone has several jobs to but when you love it is not hard work is Only hard when you dont like when circus people have time off they Are always going to other looking and factory workers dont visit other factories on on travelling most european circuses travel to As Many As 80 cities in a but we usually visit Only and though we have offers to go to the United states and other Roncalli does not leave that part of the reason Roncalli is so successful moving costs a lot of its better to stay in the same City for a Long time and have a show Good enough to attract the audiences than to keep moving a bad show circus Roncalli played Berlin for four months last Munich for in a 30day stay in Heidelberg in the circus performed for Roncalli is currently playing next the circus 10th anniversary show will play Dusseldorf and