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The same fellow who had introduced me to the princess also introduced me to the painter Ludwig Haller who had come to Kitzinger from Dresden. Could I help him a little bit? He lived in poverty because he had been ostracized by the Nazis because he was a cubist and therefore considered degenerate. But he had won the prestigious Prix de Rome, and that and other things were enough for the Germans to make a sizable restitution (after we had left), and then a count who owned several castles gave him an apartment and an exhibition hall in one of his castles

Length of complete piece: 2:45

Recording by: Arnold Mysior

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