This is an authentic lot of ephemera belonging to a German citizen, Richard Wagner. The lot contains personal & other letters, envelopes with period stamps & ink stamps as well as a Nazi era booklet with a dedication page to the daughter of Richard Wagner, Eva Chamberlain.
The letters and envelopes date to varying years and months in the 1940s and are all written in the old style gothic Fraktur text. The booklet has a two page (3 & 4) excerpt from (likely) German composer Richard Wagner, titled "German Words of Richard Wagner) where he describes his thoughts on German identity, culture, and music.
The booklet dates to the mid-1930s (ca. 1933-1935 timeframe) & published in Leipzig. It's a historical Nazi era piece drawing a connection between Adolf Hitler & the cultural environment of the Bayreuth Festival, which was famously associated with the composer Richard Wagner. Works like this were used to associate the Nazi regime with established German cultural figures and ideals.
Front cover:
Aus Deutschlands Werden
Heft 9
Adolf Hitler
und der
Bayreuther Kulturkreis
written by Dr. Paul Bülow
Gustav Schloessmanns Verlagsbuchhandlung Gustav Fick.
Translation:
From Germany's Becoming
Issue 9
Adolf Hitler
and the
Bayreuth Cultural Circle
from Dr. Paul Bülow
Gustav Schloessmanns Publishing House-Gustav Fick-Leipzig
The two page Wagner translation can be viewed in the photos.
Lot includes:
1. Varying personal, hand-written letters to & from citizen Richard Wagner.
2. Varying personal, hand-written envelopes to & from citizen Richard Wagner with period postage stamps & ink stamps dated during the period.
3. Nazi era booklet with 2-page excerpt from German cultural icon, Richard Wagner.
All items are authentic and specific to the period. They were sourced directly from the region of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
