tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post4396998917754423526..comments2024-03-28T12:59:05.739-07:00Comments on Iron Tongue of Midnight: In Important News More Appropriate to this Blog's Alleged TopicLisa Hirschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-39936072624773915392010-03-24T14:07:29.799-07:002010-03-24T14:07:29.799-07:00It doesn't. That's a British paper making ...It doesn't. That's a British paper making excuses for the British Winifred, I assume. What they might mean: Frieda Leider, who was married to a Jewish man, continued to work at Bayreuth after 1933. Max Lorenz, who was arrested for homosexual behavior at least once, continued to work at Bayreuth. Etc.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-3872731157845839152010-03-24T13:40:19.807-07:002010-03-24T13:40:19.807-07:00This comment from the Guardian obit confused me: W...This comment from the Guardian obit confused me: <i>Winifred's conventional anti-semitism – for instance, blaming "New York Jews" for Toscanini's refusal to work at Bayreuth after 1933 – should be put in the context of her employment policy at Bayreuth, which ignored Nazi injunctions.</i><br /><br />Why does support for Hitler have to be placed in any sort of context?Joe Barronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16638252347181688694noreply@blogger.com