Elsa Bruckmann

Elsa Bruckmann (23 February 1865 – 7 June 1946), born Princess Cantacuzene of Romania, married in 1898 Hugo Bruckmann, the Munich publisher of Houston Stewart Chamberlain.[1] She held the "Salon Bruckmann"[2] and made it her mission to introduce Adolf Hitler to leading industrialists.

Elsa Bruckmann
Princess Cantacuzene of Romania
Born(1865-02-23)23 February 1865
Died7 June 1946(1946-06-07) (aged 81)
Hugo Bruckmann
HouseCantacuzene

Biography

Bruckmann and her husband financially supported International Modernism in art and design. In 1899 Houston Stewart Chamberlain read at Elsa Bruckmann's first salon. During World War 1 and in the Weimar Republic Bruckmann and her husband entangled with the political radical right in Bavaria. Bruckmann's initial interest in Social Darwinism developed into xenophobic nationalism, paired with racist anti-Semitism. Elsa Bruckmann actively supported National Socialism, after attending a speech by Hitler at the Circus Krone in 1921. Bruckmann introduced Hitler to Paul Troost, who went on to become Hitler's first state architect.[3]

See also

References
  1. Sherree O. Zalampas, Adolf Hitler: A Psychological Interpretation of His Views on Architecture
  2. Hillgruber, Katrin (10 January 2010). "Die unselige Freitagsgesellschaft". Der Tagesspiegel Online.
  3. Sabine Wieber (2021). Jugendstil Women and the Making of Modern Design. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 189. ISBN 9781350088535.
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