I wonder where Hitler was inspired and adopted anti-Semitism. Some sources attribute to his years of homelessness in Vienna, a city known for its virulent anti-

I wonder where Hitler was inspired and adopted anti-Semitism. Some sources attribute to his years of homelessness in Vienna, a city known for its virulent anti-Semitism. Others blame it on composer Richard Wagner, of whom Hilter was an ardent admirer of. While other musicians like Chopin were also anti-Semitic, Wagner remains as the most notorious. His musical works suggest disgust towards Jews, notably Meistersinger and Parsifal, while essays like Jewishness in Music express it more explicitly. But Wagnerian anit-Semitism was rather cultural, as Stephen Fry put it once. [1] Now that Wagner’s reputation has become retroactively tainted with its the association to the more radical anti-Semitism of the Nazis, I’m thinking he would be rolling in his grave. [1] www.youtube.com/watch?v=16noW1H0yq8