Anti-Semitic Wagner letter up for sale in Jerusalem
A letter penned by Richard Wagner warning of Jewish influence in culture will be auctioned next week in Israel.
Tuesday's sale of the handwritten letter, dated April 25, 1869 and addressed to French philosopher Edouard Schure, could rekindle the debate in Israel on the controversial composer.
Wagner wrote in the letter that Jewish assimilation into French society prevents the observation of "the corroding influence of the Jewish spirit on modern culture," adding that the French know "very little" about the Jews.
