A Match Made in Heaven or Hell: Historians Debate the Influence of Richard Wagner on Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich.

<p>This is an analysis of the contributions of Richard Wagner's ideas to the development of Adolf Hitler as seen by various historians.</p> <p>This author has consulted the works of many different authors to attempt to find the ideological roots of Adolf Hitler.</p> <p>The ideology of Richard Wagner, as seen by some of the most pre-eminent historians of this period, has been applied to the ideas of Hitler to find any continuity between these two men.</p> <p>All historians consulted thought Wagner was, for some more, others, less, a contributor to the development of Adolf Hitler and National Socialism.</p> <p>This author has concluded that Wagner was a contributor, but that Hitler's personal environment was more important to the development of National Socialism.</p> <p>This thesis explores an area into which no one has really delved in depth. Hopefully, this thesis can be a springboard for further research into this area.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

MA (Master of Arts)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - restricted

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Year dc:date.issued

2001

Author dc:creator

• Shockley, Steven W.

• Austria
• Germany
• Jews
• Adolf Hitler
• Vienna
• Weimar Republic
• anti-Semitism
• Richard Wagner
• Second World War
• Arts and Humanities
• History

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright by the authors.

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/120

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dc.etsu.edu:etd-1170