Henry, interesting isn't it that the fact that Leg...

2006-08-24T22:57:29.596+01:00

Henry, interesting isn't it that the fact that Legge was Jewish is not well known, or often discussed.

See this link for a list of prominent British Jews, which includes Walter Legge

this link

Pretty damning stuff there. Apart from whatever s...

2006-08-24T22:19:34.733+01:00

Pretty damning stuff there. Apart from whatever she thought about the Nazis, it's a pretty unappealing portrait of an amoral careerist, isn't it?

This is just creepy though:

At one time he poignantly remarked that he could forgive Schwarzkopf for having worn a Nazi uniform and taken an American boyfriend right after the war, but what he could not forgive was that she later married British impresario Walter Legge, through whom she obtained British citizenship (and the title of Dame Commander). For Legge was a Jew.

I didn't know that Legge was Jewish. Wow.

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Henry, interesting isn't it that the fact that Leg...

Pretty damning stuff there. Apart from whatever s...