 The circus shows continued until 1946, when U.S. occupation forces confiscated Circus krone and the Circus Krone Building from the Krone family.Upon restoring the company and building back to the Krone family in 1948, the winter circus show program resumed in the Circus Krone Building.On 18 April, 1958, Hans Werner Richter delivered a speech in the Circus Krone Building on behalf of the Committee against Atomic Armaments.