Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2015 July 17

= July 17 =

How can I obtain a autograph of the very little known voice actress Susan_Aceron
Please tell me. 204.239.8.205 (talk) 03:31, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Have you tried her twitter account? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 07:54, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Twitter accounts. InedibleHulk (talk) 18:19, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

What piece did Hermann Göring play II
Hello here,

Two years ago I posted in this desk a question that bothered me at that time. The title was the same. I quote:

"I read history books. One of them just recently was a book on World War II. I do have many and cannot recall what it was. An episode is described there whereas two prominent German lawyers upset over Germany's declining fortunes in 1944 decided to approach Hermann Göring and ask him to influence Hitler to make peace with the Western Allies. They met at Carin Hall, had a dinner after which (or perhaps before) Göring played a composition. He was a very talented man, played violin and the piano. In the end he refused to mediate because his influence was in decline at that time and he rarely saw the Führer. I've become obsessed recently with finding out what composition Göring played. It is mentioned in the book but I cannot find it. I am wondering if anybody has this information."

Nobody had. Now I found the quote. The book is by Alan Clark "Barbarossa. The Russian-German Conflict 1941-45." It is a reprint by Perennial in 2002. On page 363 the episode is described. Göring played the improvisations from Der Freischütz. The whole episode also taught me a lesson. In fact the meeting was between Henriette von Schirach (the woman who claimed that Hitler tried to kiss her when she was twelve) and her husband Balder von Schirach, the founder of Hitlerjugend on the one hand and Göring and his wife Emmy on the other. There were a few others not mentioned. In fact it was in one of Vienna's restaurants, Gemütlichkeit, in a private room. No, the purpose of the meeting was more sinister. Schirach wanted Göring to talk to Hitler to convince him to step aside and for Göring to take over, perhaps by force. The rest of the information appears to be correct.

This is a typical episode showing how imperfect our long term memory is, among other things of course. Thanks, --AboutFace 22 (talk) 23:11, 17 July 2015 (UTC)