Friedelind Wagner : Richard Wagner's rebellious granddaughter /

She was not the 'black sheep' of her family, as often claimed, but a heroic rebel. Friedelind Wagner (1918-1991), Richard Wagner's independent-minded granddaughter, daughter of Siegfried and Winifred Wagner, despised her mother's close liaison with Adolf Hitler and was the only m...

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Main Author: Rieger, Eva (Author)
Other Authors: Walton, Chris, 1963- (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
German
Published: Suffolk : Boydell & Brewer, 2013.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • A 'giant Easter egg'. Mausi's home and family
  • The noisy child 1924 to 1931
  • 'She should learn to cope with drudgery'. At boarding school 1931 to 1935
  • 'Impudent, endearing and witty'. Friedelind and her aunts 1936 to 1937
  • 'Is it German, what Hitler has done for you?' 1938 to 1939
  • 'It's precisely because I'm German that I'm not living in Germany'. The farewell 1940
  • In England, behind barbed wire 1940 to 1941
  • 'My heart is overflowing'. From Buenos Aires to New York 1941 to 1943
  • 'Only you could still save our inheritance!' 1943 to 1945
  • After the war is over 1946 to 1950
  • Friedelind returns 1950 to 1955
  • The master classes begin 1956 to 1960
  • Heyday of the master classes and their end 1960 to 1966
  • Sibling conflict 1967 to 1970
  • Schemes and setbacks the 1970s
  • 'A foster mother, a guiding light' the 1980s.