Furtwängler was very affected by the events of the Kristallnacht . Berta Geissmar , who met him in Paris , described him as " greatly depressed " . Friedelind Wagner , who saw him also in Paris , wrote that he was a " very unhappy man " . Andrew Schulhof , who met him in Budapest said that " he had the impression that what he had done before for his Jewish friends had been lost "
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Wilhelm Furtwängler