Albert Rix

Buckles,When I met Albert Rix, many years ago, he mentioned that he had once had a very large bear act (might have been polar bears... not sure) but that he was surrounded by 4 bears who acted as body guards. My question is do you have any photos of this act? Thanks, Mark Rosenthal Mr. Rix life would make a remarkable movie. His early years in the Hagenbeck Zoo, his service in the German Army, his capture by the Russians during the retreat from Stalingrad, his tenure in a Concentration Camp (he managed to stay alive by eating the bugs and worms he head seen the bears dig up, so much so that he was once accused of collaboration by fellow prisoners), his disenchantment on his return home to find the same people running things that instigated the war, his refusal to return to the family business and his eventual decision to come to the U.S. I don't know if the act you refer to would be something in Europe, with Ringling or later. Maybe Jeanette Rix could elaborate on this. Buckles (Wayne Jackson photo)