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Winifred Marjorie Wagner (née Williams; 23 June 1897 – 5 March 1980) was the English-born wife of Siegfried Wagner, the son of Richard Wagner, and ran the Bayreuth Festival after her husband's death in 1930 until the end of World War II in 1945.
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May 7, 2024 · Winifred Wagner was a British-born German cultural figure who directed the Bayreuth Festival of Richard Wagner’s operatic works from 1930 to 1944 and gained notoriety for her friendship with Adolf Hitler. As a child, Winifred was adopted by the then-elderly musician Charles Klindworth and his wife.
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Mar 11, 2007 · Her enthralling and repellent story is now told by the Viennese historian Brigitte Hamann in this remarkable biography, “Winifred Wagner.”
Winifred: Wagner, The Nazis And The Woman Who Knew Hitler. Theater LaB Houston presents a new play about Winifred Wagner, a complex historical figure. St.John Flynn.
In its original five-hour version, “The Confessions of Winifred Wagner” was one of last year's most controversial films in Germany. It's a documentary that fascinates and horrifies us; a film that focuses almost exclusively on the face of this formidable 78-year-old woman, and listens to her talk.
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British-born Nazi supporter and close friend of Adolf Hitler who was a key figure in the Bayreuth Festival in the 1930s and 1940s . Born Winifred Williams in England in 1897; died in 1980; married SiegfriedWagner (the son of composer Richard Wagner ); children: Wolfgang Wagner (director of Bayreuth Festival ); Friedelind Wagner (1918–1991).
Jan 1, 2006 · Winifred Wagner: A Life at the Heart of Hitler's Bayreuth. Hardcover – January 1, 2006. Winifred Wagner was a British-born orphan who became Richard Wagner s daughter-in-law, head of the Bayreuth festival, and one of Adolf Hitler s closest personal friends.
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