21 Jun 2009
Wagner's great-granddaughter to probe composer's family links with Hitler and the Nazis
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1194536/Wagners-great-granddaughter-probe-composers-family-links-Hitler-Nazis.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1194536/Wagners-great-granddaughter-probe-composers-family-links-Hitler-Nazis.html
By Allan Hall [Daily Mail, 21 June 2009]
For decades the shadow of Nazism has hung over the descendants of Richard Wagner.
His monumental music was embraced by Hitler while, 50 years after his death, the composer’s family were favourites of the dictator and his cronies.