Many people of foreign descent intended to leave after the war, but because of their German nationality, it was difficult for them to emigrate. After WWII ended, racism in Germany became more concealed or invisible but did not go away. Many ended up working in war industry factories or foreign laborer camps. The Hitler Youth did not allow children of foreign parents to participate, and adults were rejected as German soldiers.
Although they were able to avoid concentration camps, they were not able to participate in German life as citizens of ethnically German origin could. During the rise of the Nazi party the foreign actors in these stage shows were typically able to stay out of concentration camps because there were so few of them that the Nazis did not see them as a real threat. Once they no longer worked in the zoos or for performance acts these people were stuck living in Germany where they had no rights and were harshly discriminated against. Many of the people brought from their homelands to work in the exhibits had created families in Germany, and there were many children that had been born in Germany. As Ethnogenic expositions were discontinued in Germany around 1931, there were many repercussions for the performers.
