Adolf Wagner [SEP] date of death
Adolf Wagner
Adolf Wagner (1 October 1890 in Algrange, Alsace-Lorraine – 12 April 1944 in Bad Reichenhall) was a German soldier and high-ranking Nazi Party official born in Algrange, Alsace-Lorraine.
Biography.
He served in World War I as an officer in the German Army. He lost his right leg below the knee during the war.
A member of the Nazi Party from its earliest days, he was appointed a Gauleiter for various districts in Germany, eventually becoming Gauleiter of Gau
Adolf Hitler presented himself as an admirer of Wagner's music, and is said to have claimed that "there is only one legitimate predecessor to National Socialism: Wagner". Wagner's music was frequently played during Nazi rallies (as was the music of Beethoven, also 'appropriated' by the Nazis). Wagner's daughter-in-law, Winifred Wagner, (who never met the composer), was an admirer of Adolf Hitler and ran the Bayreuth Festival of Wagner's music from the death of her husband