Bayreuth scrubs out two antisemites
NewsThe town of Bayreuth this week finally renamed two streets that formerly bore the names of prominent Hitler propagandists.
Twenty-one councillors voted to remove Hans Meiser, a furiously antisemitic Lutheran bishop, renaming his street Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Straße after the anti-Nazi theologian.
And the council voted unanimously to erase Hans-von-Wolzogen-Straße, named after Wagner’s close friend, a notorious racist. It will now be known as Friedelind-Wagner-Straße after the composer’s granddaughter who fled Hitler’s Germany.
Update your address books accordingly.
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