
A night at the opera: Adolf Hitler with Winifred Wagner, the daughter-in-law of Richard Wagner
4,022 words
Part 4 of 4
Wagner and National Socialist Germany
Richard Wagner has long been reviled by Jews as the intellectual and spiritual precursor to Adolf Hitler who, according to William Shirer, once declared: “Whoever wants to understand National Socialist Germany must know Wagner.”[1] Read more …
Wagner Bicentennial Symposium
Evil Genius:
Constructing Wagner as Moral Pariah, Part 4
A night at the opera: Adolf Hitler with Winifred Wagner, the daughter-in-law of Richard Wagner
4,022 words
Part 4 of 4
Wagner and National Socialist Germany
Richard Wagner has long been reviled by Jews as the intellectual and spiritual precursor to Adolf Hitler who, according to William Shirer, once declared: “Whoever wants to understand National Socialist Germany must know Wagner.”[1] Read more …