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Wilhelm Furtwangler has been a controversial figure in world history for the past seventy years. ... Wilhelm Furtwangler was a brilliant musician and a proud German. ... While Furtwangler was put through a denazification tribunal, he was found innocent of any wrongdoing. ... He seized power in 1933, and this is when the controversy surrounding Wilhelm Furtwangler began. Furtwangler had always been a proud German. ... Wilhelm became inspired by the composer’s music and soon began playing the piano and memorizing his idol’s musical works. Wilhelm was young when his father died, and began conducting to help support his family. ... At the time, Vienna was the music capital in Europe, and Furtwangler was their music director. Soon, the Berlin Philharmonic offered Wilhelm the same opportunity and he grabbed at it. ... Furtwangler was able to resist the temptation to join the Nazi Party. ... Additionally, Wilhelm felt a tremendous love and pride for his country. ... Obviously, this became repugnant to a musician and cultural icon like Wilhelm. ... Goebbels quickly became aware of the power and prestige that a public alliance with Furtwangler could entail, and the conductor realized that with his ‘alliance’, he could support Germany and encourage it back to its’ roots - “In the early years of the regime he (Furtwangler) was able by remaining in Germany to adulterate the barbarianism of Nazi culture because Goebbels, conscious of his high international prestige, was willing to concede to him” . ... Goring and Goebbels battled for full power over the cultural control and for a time, Furtwangler was caught in the middle. ... The Nazi party itself did not trust Furtwangler. ... For example, Nazi spied eavesdropped when Wilhelm was joking about the high cost of taxes. ... As a result, On April 11, 1933, Furtwangler wrote to Goebbels: “Quotas cannot be placed on music, as they can for bread or potatoes. ... Interestingly, Goebbels allowed both the original letter by Furtwangler along with his response to be published in a German Newspaper, Berliner Lokal-Anzeger . Following the printing of those articles, Furtwangler received hundreds of congratulatory letters and telegrams from abroad. Furtwangler had an uneasy yet interesting relationship with Goebbels. ... (Furtwangler) held Goebbels to be the most intelligent and tactically the most experienced of those with whom he had to deal…Despite their great differences in character and occupation each could have been the other’s second self. ... Both believed in their own genius and mission and recognized only one master, although each had a different one: for Goebbels it was Hitler, for Furtwangler, it was God Meanwhile, Furtwangler became an enemy of Himmler. Apparently, a physician friend of Wilhelm was arrested on trumped up charges. Furtwangler called up the then chief of police (Himmler) and a screaming match ensued. Furtwangler did not remember the name of the man he fought with, but Himmler did not forget. ... A lot of people requested help from Furtwangler and he answered each one personally. ... Wilhelm felt that he could persuade the Nazis that their racial policies would kill German culture. ... At the time, Furtwangler and the Berlin Orchestra were performing in France. ... When Furtwangler returned from France, he put a stop to this and pressed for a meeting with Goebbels. Because Furtwangler had been so successful in France, Goebbels felt compelled to meet with him from a public relations standpoint. ... Wilhelm had won a small battle, but his personal war was really just beginning. ... “There can be no doubt of Furtwangler’s enormous strength of will; showing not the slightest inclination to compromise, he repeatedly set to – despite failures – to see his vision realized” The Nazis were well aware of Wilhelm’s influence in the public eye, so they attempted to endanger that position. ... The Nazis utilized the press to compliment Furtwangler while at the same time sing the praises the up and coming Austrian. They did this so that Furtwangler would feel uneasy about his future, and would concentrate on him music, which he did. He worked very hard to conduct the orchestra and when the Nazis took over Austria, Wilhelm doubled his duties by overseeing all of the musical activity in Vienna. Despite this scheme to undermine Furtwangler, the Nazis did need him. ... While Hitler was the political symbol of Germany at the time, Furtwangler was the cultural one. Yet despite the appearance that Hitler held most of the cards, Wilhelm did have some strong opinions as well. ... As stated earlier, Furtwangler continually tried to get a meeting with Hitler. ... Furtwangler prepared thoughtfully for the meeting but ended up losing control, angrily complaining about Nazi policies and the negative impact they were having on the image of Germany abroad . ... Wilhelm got tired of the Nazi machinations and finally an agreement of sorts was reached. |
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