Rodion Nikitins (14.4.1915*) – A circus artist’s journey as an entertainer through Soviet and National Socialist occupation - UTU Research Portal

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Rodion Nikitins (14.4.1915*) – A circus artist’s journey as an entertainer through Soviet and National Socialist occupation

Authors: Räsänen Pauliina

Publisher: Forgotten Cosmopolitans

Publishing place: Finland

Publication year: 2018

Publication's open availability at the time of reporting: Open Access

Publication channel's open availability : Open Access publication channel

Web address : http://www.forgottencosmopolitans.eu/?p=258

Abstract

The Latvian-born circus performer Rodion Nikitins lived through WWII performing in different circuses and theatres in Latvia, Germany and Nazi-occupied Prague. In his autobiography Of Flight and Freedom from 1987, Nikitins confesses that his work as an entertainer gave him more opportunities and options during WWII than those available to his family members or friends in Latvia.