Devil's Music Master

From 1922 until his death in 1954, Wilhelm Furtw"angler was the foremost cultural music figure of the German-speaking world, conductor of both the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic orchestras. But a cloud still hangs over his reputation, despite his undeniable brilliance as a musician, because of a fatal and tragic decision. Wilhelm Furtw"angler remained in Germany when thousands of intellectuals and...