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The showman Traugott Petter (1907 - 1980) traveled in the late 20's with a show booth in which he presented typical attractions like giants, midgets and a 560-pound colossal Lady.

famous in the 30s he was causing a stir with its chimpanzee show. The specific achievements of his animals on the stage hung certainly not least, with the intimate relationship together Petters to their animals and their particular environmental conditions: the animals were living with the family in the caravan and were treated according to the children or caring than this.

"Since they were small, as we were, they have learned. If we skate is gone, they have copied it, cycling the same ... "

on the (ironic) comment by a party comrades out whether greet his monkeys can not put a convinced social democrat Petter his animals the" German greeting " when they exported from then on every possible occasion.

This parody animal naturally aroused the disapproval of the Nazis, and Petter was prompted by threatening to "slaughter" of animals to train them the trick again. The showman obeyed, Nevertheless, the history is not without consequences for him: He was sent to the Eastern Front and his monkeys were probably from the pain of separation one by one ...

Sources: Annette Krus-Bonazza: "On Cranger fair". Münster 1992 (picture and quote of the daughter); www.petter-paderborn.de; "Heil Hitler, the pig is dead!" Comedy Under the Swastika A television documentary of the NDR in 2006 .