Bayreuth recovers stolen icon
OperaA book signed by Richard Wagner, removed 40 years ago from the The Richard Wagner Museum in Bayreuth, has been discreetly returned by the thief through an anonymous middleman.
The stolen volume is ‘Friedrich der Große und die deutsche Literatur’ by Heinrich Pröhle, published in 1872 and signed by Wagner in 1876. Both dates are of immense significance to Bayreuth historians.
The remorseful thief will not be prosecuted. He is protected by German statutes of limitations.
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