Associations With Hitler and Nazism
Winifred Wagner's close friendship with Hitler meant that, as a teenager and young man, Wieland knew the dictator as "Uncle Wolf". His family connections allowed him to avoid the draft in the war. Instead, he was a deputy civilian leader of the Bayreuth satellite of the Flossenbürg concentration camp.
Wieland's life and work are discussed in Tony Palmer's 2011 film, The Wagner Family.
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