Klarinet Archive - Posting 001326.txt from 2000/12

From: "DAVID S. NADEN" <dnaden@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] Wagner vs. Straus (was Wlach a Nazi)
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 14:09:03 -0500

Stewart-

Your post in essence states that not only did most Germans know what was
happening to the Jews, but seriously implies that all Germans were Nazis.
As I stated in another post, and Dee stated differently, being anti-semetic
is NOT the same as being a Nazi. One point that you-and many others fail to
consider is that Nazi Germany was a country run on fear. No one knew who to
trust or not, and yes, that made many Germans--who were NOT Nazis-guilty
of inaction.

David S. Naden

-----Original Message-----
From: stewart kiritz [mailto:kiritz@-----.net]
Subject: Re: [kl] Wagner vs. Straus (was Wlach a Nazi)

Dan,

You may be right about Strauss. I do know that he was appointed
"Reichsmusikkammer" when the Nazis came to power and was criticized for not
using his position as "court composer" to do anything about the complete
exclusion of Jewish performers from the symphony orchestras by the
authorities. But my main point had to do with the "merely anti-semitic but
not a Nazi" issue regarding Wlach.

Stewart Kiritz
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Leeson" <leeson0@-----.net>
Subject: [kl] Wagner vs. Straus (was Wlach a Nazi)

> Stewart Krintz suggests that Richard Strauss was antisemitic. I'd like
> to defend Strauss. He was politically naive, about as stupid as one can
> get in terms of his ability to deal with complicated politics, but his
> antisemitism is very doubtful. He may not have been a philosemite, but
> he was not a rabid racist or a Jew hater. Wagner, of course, is a
> completely different animal, but Strauss was relatively benign.
> --
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