Five-Day King of Albania: How a German Circus Clown Stole the Throne of Albania (1912)
Fun Almanac – In the sprawling, often chaotic tapestry of 20th-century history, there exist moments so bizarre, so audacious, that they defy belief. None are perhaps more absurdly entertaining than the tale of Otto Witte, a German circus performer, illusionist, and petty criminal who, in the tumultuous winter of 1912, successfully crowned himself the King […]