Mitch Friedfeld writes: >De La Grange says that on May 8 (sic), 1906, Mahler conducted Tristan. >The next day, Hitler attended a performance of The Flying Dutchman, >conducted by Franz Schalk. De La Grange adds that "probably" on May 22, >Hitler attended Lohengrin, again conducted by Schalk. The problem seems to boil down to which of two experts you prefer. Does La Grange specifically source his version? Hamann does, but only to the extent of her interest, which is to show that Hitler was an admirer of Mahler as a conductor, as was the case with most Viennese music lovers of the time. Interest in Mahler's own compositions fell more into province of the initiated. Hamann, a Viennese and who is currently the leading contemporary historian on Hitler's time spent in Vienna, claims that orchestra records fail to show who conducted at performances on the days here concerned. But she does not seem to have checked other sources, such as newspapers, something she does do in many other matters treated in the book. Maybe La Grange checked old newspaper files? Does he claim that--and if so does he give full sourcing? Denis Fodor