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Covert resistance to Hitler — Hartmann’s Simplicius Simplicissimus

13 years ago
Anne Ozorio

An anti-facist, anti-war opera written in Germany while the Nazis were in power? K A Hartmann’s Des Simplicius Simplicissimus Jugend was a brave act of conscience, even though the opera wasn’t publicly performed until 1948.

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