Goodbye Columbus, Schweitzer, and Lindbergh
For many years, performing any of Richard Wagner’s orchestral works was verboten in Israel. Wagner was a virulent antisemite and Hitler’s favorite composer. In a country that had taken in so many victims of the Holocaust, performing any of Wagner’s works would have been like pouring burning oil onto an open flesh wound. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA