The Mysterious Wagner Archive in Hitler’s Bayreuth Residence

Bayreuth_Festspielhaus_small.jpgBy Manuela Hoelterhoff [1 September 2006]
Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) — The Richard Wagner National Archive in Bayreuth, Germany, has a mysterious and slightly sinister reputation. From 1936, it was here in this modest yellow house that Wagner nut Adolf Hitler resided during the summer when he would visit the festival.