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Member of the Nazi party
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Herbert von Karajan - 15 facts about the great conductor
3. Member of the Nazi party
In 1933 von Karajan made his conducting debut at the Salzburg Festival with a scene from Gounod's opera, 'Faust'. It was also in 1933 that von Karajan became a member of the Nazi party, for which he would later be criticised.
