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Word: gdtterddmmerung (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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These good deeds done, generous Adolf Hitler scudded away from sweltering Berlin to cool Bayreuth for four hours of Gdtterddmmerung and a visit with British-born Winifred Wagner, daughter-in-law of the great Richard and a soul mate whose name was long coupled romantically with the Führer's. This year's Wagnerian Festival was in the spirit of Hitler's Europe: no admission tickets, fashionable guests or foreigners, but a popular lecture before each opera to explain to das Volk what Wagner is all about. It was Hitler's gift to the nation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Fruits of Victory | 8/5/1940 | See Source »

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