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Richard Wagner's great-grandson Gottfried Wagner, born after the end of World War II, was taught to worship his great-grandfather as a cultural ancestor of all of Germany. Richard Wagner inspired a generation of philosophers, cultural critics, and politicians. Perhaps no one took Richard Wagner's polemics more to heart than Adolf Hitler, for whom the musician was a foundational influence. In Gottfried Wagner's memoir, Twilight of the Wagners: The Unveiling of a Family's Legacy, Hitler is an inescapable presence, as he was in Gottfried's family--one of the many specters haunting the Wagner estate, though young Gottfried wondered if he was the only one who could see them. One afternoon he discovered old photographs and oil paintings of Hitler among the family memorabilia. Warned never to mention the pictures to anyone, he became an unwilling coconspirator in his family's secret. Gottfried Wagner reclaimed his voice during adolescence and began an impassioned crusade in adulthood to examine the hatred and racism he knew growing up in Bayreuth. Although disinherited and ostracized by his father, Gottfried has become an outspoken critic of Richard Wagner's legacy and a champion of greater understanding between Germans and Holocaust survivors worldwide. With a judicious eye for detail, a sweeping sense of conscience, and the determination to redeem himself and his past, Gottfried Wagner lays bare the sins of this powerful family. 

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Preface by Rabbi Julia Neuberger…………………………………..................…………..p. 11
Chapter 1. Villa Wahnfried……………………………………......................………………p.15
Chapter 2. New Direction…………………………….......................…………………….…p. 45
Chapter 3. “The will to Power” I………………………………....................……………..p. 51
Chapter 4. The Anti-Semitism of the Wagner family (1850-1945)………....….p. 65 Chapter 5. “The Will of Power” II……………………………………….....................…..P. 75
Chapter 6. The Richard Wagner Fundation………………………................………….p. 85
Chapter 7. “ The will of Power” III…………….....................……………………………p. 89
Chapter 8. Winifred’s Film…………………………..........................………………………p. 95
Chapter 9. The Festival Centenary…………………………………….....................……p. 105
Chapter 10. In Search of Myself…………………………………......................………..p. 111
Chapter 11. On the Trail of Kurt Well……………………......................…………….p. 119
Chapter 12. The Long Arm of Bayreuth…………………………....................……….p. 141
Chapter 13. Return to Germany………………………......................…………………..p. 147
Chapter 14. Teresina…………………………………………............................…………...p. 157
Chapter 15. The Monastery and The Bank…………………………....................…….p. 167
Chapter 16. My Italian Wedding………………………………………..........................…p. 177
Chapter 17. Bank to The Culture Jungle…………......................………………………p. 183
Chapter 18. Bonn and Orange…………………………………………..........................…p. 197
Chapter 19. On the Road with Nietzsche, Wagner and Liszt……….............……p. 209
Chapter 20. Hitler and Wagner……………………………………….........................…..p. 213
Chapter 21. Israel……………………………………………………….................................p. 217
Chapter 22. Father’s last Letter………………………………….........................……….p. 231
Chapter 23. The Ban from Bayreuth………………………..........................………….p. 239
Chapter 24. Antisemitism And The Opera Business………………....................….p 253
Chapter 25. Eugenio………………………………………….................................…………p. 261
Chapter 26. On Tour With Richard Wagner’s Antisemitism………................…..p. 271
Chapter 27, The Post Holocaust Dialogue Group:
And in the Beginning Was Auschwitz……………………………...........................….p.285
Chapter 28. Epilogue……………………………………………..................................…….p.303