Winifred Wagner
Subtitle: a life at the heart of Hitler's Bayreuth
By: Brigitte Hamann ; translated from the German by Alan Bance
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Harcourt
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Orlando
Language: eng
Number of pages: 582
ISBN-13: 9780151013081
Copyright date: 2005
Subjects: Friends and associates; Biography; Opera producers and directors; Music and state; Bayreuther Festspiele; History
Work titles: Winifred Wagner
Description: Documents the life of Richard Wagner's daughter-in-law, describing her friendship with Hitler, her decision to make Bayreuth the summer gathering place for the Nazi elite in the 1930s, and her efforts to aid Jewish acquaintances and artists.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [507]-555) and index.