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Adolf Hitler, a fervent Wagner admirer, first visited Wahnfried in 1923, and although he was not received by Cosima he befriended the family and was thereafter a regular visitor. [146] [147] The Chamberlains, together with Winifred, became enthusiastic members of the Nazi Party , and the 1924 festival became an overt rally for the party and its ...
After the deaths of Cosima and Siegfried Wagner in 1930, the operation of the Festival fell to Siegfried's widow, English-born Winifred, who was a friend of Adolf Hitler. The latter was a fanatical admirer of Wagner's music and sought to incorporate it into his heroic mythology of the German nation.
Jun 20, 2009 · Sat 20 Jun 2009 19.01 EDT. The great-granddaughter of Richard Wagner, Hitler's favourite composer, has vowed to investigate her family's links with the Nazis in a move that could be bitterly...
Jul 9, 2011 · Cosima Liszt-Bülow-Wagner is inseparable from the saga of Richard Wagner (1813-83) and his artistic legacy. Controversial as Wagner’s art was to be for generations, his stature was never in doubt. But our image of Cosima has been a curiously shifting one.
May 28, 2010 · She married the Wagners' bisexual son, Siegfried, in 1915, but her real love was for Adolf Hitler. Hitler called her Winnie: she called him Wolf. The Nazis bankrolled the Wagner Bayreuth...
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Apr 15, 2024 · Cosima Wagner (born December 25, 1837, Bellagio, Lombardy, Austrian Empire [now in Italy]—died April 1, 1930, Bayreuth, Germany) was the wife of the composer Richard Wagner and director of the Bayreuth Festivals from his death in 1883 to 1908.
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May 1, 2010 · Cosima Wagner: Lady of Bayreuth by Oliver Hilmes. Translated by Stewart Spencer. Was this queen of the horrible house of Wagner really the missing link between the composer and Hitler? Paul...
