Wagner, Friedelind, 1918-1991

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Friedelind Wagner was the granddaughter of the composer Richard Wagner. She won fame for her opposition to Nazism in spite of her English-born mother, Winifred, being a fanatic admirer of Adolf Hitler. Friedelind fled Germany in 1940, arriving in the United States in 1942. She published her autobiography in 1945. Her brother Wieland was a co-director of the Bayreuth Festival.

From the description of Friedelind Wagner collection of correspondence, photographs, clippings and Bayreuth Festival programs, 1945-1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864714

Epithet: writer, granddaughter of Richard Wagner

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x000110

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Birth 1918-03-29

Death 1991-05-08

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