Krauss, Clemens. (1893–1954) "In keeping with the task assigned to me by the Führer..." - Two Typed Letters SignedPair of important TLS from the important Austrian conductor who served as director of the Vienna, Berlin and Munich opera houses. The first, written to an unspecified recipient and concerning his artistic approach as a music director, was written less than two weeks after the German annexation of Austria and only three days before Krauss would write to Adolph Hitler, requesting that he be allowed to return to his native country and resume control of