"It is a most scholarly, lucidly written account, capturing very starkly and eruditely the awful ambiguity of Wagner - one of the greatest creative geniuses who ever lived and at the same time a thoroughly vile human being whose poisonous prejudices unquestioningly provided Hitler with a lasting source of inspiration. I learned many interesting things - Herman Levi was evidently not as abject a self- hating Jew as I thought and it was an eye-opener to read that King Ludwig not only did not share Wagner's anti-Semitism but actually upbraided him for it. All the references to Mahler and his pathetic hero-worship of Wagner were most interesting. Wagner's story is a frightening one, and ultimately tragic - great art should be ennobling, and usually is, but that shadow of the swastika will always lie over even his greatest works. It is a very thorough and clear appraisal.”
David Saks, Senior researcher at the Jewish Board of Deputies in Johannesburg Editor of the cultural journal 'Jewish Affairs'.
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https://www.judaicawebstore.com/-richard-and-adolf-did-richard-wagner-incite-adolf-hitler-to-commit-the-holocaust-hardcover-p398786869 Richard and Adolf. Did Richard Wagner incite Adolf Hitler to commit the Holocaust? (Hardcover)https://www.judaicawebstore.com/media/catalog/product/R/i/Richard-and-Adolf-Did-Richard-Wagner-incite-Adolf-Hitler-to-commit-the-Holocaust-Hardcover_large.jpg34.9534.95USDOutOfStock/Judaica/Jewish Books/Israeli & Jewish History3588 <P><STRONG>by Christopher Nicholson <BR></STRONG> </P>
<P>"It is a most scholarly, lucidly written account, capturing very starkly and eruditely the awful ambiguity of Wagner - one of the greatest creative geniuses who ever lived and at the same time a thoroughly vile human being whose poisonous prejudices unquestioningly provided Hitler with a lasting source of inspiration. I learned many interesting things - Herman Levi was evidently not as abject a self- hating Jew as I thought and it was an eye-opener to read that King Ludwig not only did not share Wagner's anti-Semitism but actually upbraided him for it. All the references to Mahler and his pathetic hero-worship of Wagner were most interesting. Wagner's story is a frightening one, and ultimately tragic - great art should be ennobling, and usually is, but that shadow of the swastika will always lie over even his greatest works. It is a very thorough and clear appraisal.”</P>
<P>David Saks, <BR>Senior researcher at the Jewish Board of Deputies in Johannesburg <BR>Editor of the cultural journal 'Jewish Affairs'.</P>
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