Verena Lafferentz
Verena Lafferentz , née Wagner (born December 2, 1920 in Bayreuth ; † April 19, 2019 in Nussdorf , Überlingen ) was the fourth and youngest child from Siegfried Wagner's marriage to Winifred Wagner .
Life
Verena Wagner grew up in Bayreuth in the Villa Wahnfried . After finishing school, she attended the Reifensteiner School in Obernkirchen in the 1936/37 class.
In 1943 she married Bodo Lafferentz (1897–1975), an SS officer and party member of the NSDAP who, as a functionary of the organization " Kraft durch Freude ", was responsible for ticket sales for the Bayreuth Festival .
She had five children with Lafferentz: Amelie (* 1944), Manfred (* 1945), Winifred (* 1947), Wieland (* 1949) and Verena (* 1952).
In 2003 she was invited - together with Birgit Nilsson , Wolfgang Wagner and Gudrun Wagner - to the Copenhagen International Wagner Congress under the patronage of the Danish Prince Consort Henrik , where she attended a performance of Die Walküre in the new Copenhagen Opera as the guest of honor . She was involved in the board of trustees of the Richard Wagner Foundation Bayreuth and was involved in the redesign of the Richard Wagner Museum .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Richard Wagner's last granddaughter dies at the age of 98. Report on t-online.de , April 23, 2019. Accessed April 24, 2019.
- ↑ Ortrud Wörner-Heil: Women's schools in the country 1997, A story of female awakening and pioneering spirit , see also the website of the Reifensteiner Verband
- ↑ Wagner Society of Scotland Newsletter, Vol 7 No 3, July 2003 (English)
- ↑ Obituary notice Verena Lafferentz – Wagner. Süddeutsche Zeitung, April 24, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lafferentz, Verena |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wagner, Verena (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German woman, family member of Richard Wagner's |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 2, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bayreuth |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th April 2019 |
| Place of death | Nussdorf (Ueberlingen) |