Karlrobert Kreiten

German pianist. 26th. June1916 - 1943. Was seen by Wilhelm Furtwängler and others as one of the most talented young pianists in Germany. Born in Bonn, of alsatian parentage. Mother Emmy Kreiten-Barido, classical singer; father Theo Kreiten, concert pianist.

Debuted at age 11 with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's piano concerto in A-Major, in a live broadcast . Was educated in Vienna by Claudio Arrau.

Was indicted at the Volksgerichtshof and executed for loose talk about Adolf Hitler being a "sick man" and the "futile" war efforts of the Germans.

His execution triggered a wave of hateful articles in the German press about this treacherous artist. Prominent journalist Werner Höfer had to retire in 1987 when his particularly infamous articles about Kreiten became known to a wider public.

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