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Solomon Edel, Margot's father. He died before Hitler came to power, when Margot was about five | | Elfriede Edel Markus, Margot's mother, as a young woman | | Elfriede Markus about the time Margot left for the circus |
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| Margot, in 1930, at about ten years of age, right before the Nazis took over the government | | At sixteen, in 1936, Margot already worried about her future | | In 1938 Margot was eighteen. this picture was taken right before she lost her job at the Busch fashion store |
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| Margot in her ticket trailer at Circus Althoff, circa 1942 | | Margot with a friend's children in front of one of the animal cages, about 1943 | | Margot after the war in 1945, as a young mother |
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| Kolya on his horse Mimi. This is similar to the picture Margot got from Maude in the circus | | Kolya before Herr Muller requisitioned his father's circus in the name of the Third Reich | | Kolya and Mimi practicing their act |
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| Margot and Kolya in 1964, right about the time of their divorce | | The family in front of the unfinished Hula Hoop attraction Kolya built in 1960 | | Both caravan homes, the station wagon still attached to the small home, and four of Margot's children in front |
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| All six of Margot's children in 1964. Sonja is the third on the left | | Margot in 2005, at 85 years of age | | Sonja Herbert in 2005, while visiting in Germany |
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