In 1936, Friedelind Wagner began work as an assistant to Heinz Tietjen but her outspoken criticism of close family friend Adolf Hitler — her mother, the English-born Winifred Williams, was a fanatical admirer of Hitler — and the policies of the Third Reich led to her leaving Germany in 1939. She lived for a short time in Switzerland before emigrating first to England, where she was interned on the Isle of Man from 27 May 1940 till 15 February 1941.
In 1936, Friedelind Wagner began working as an assistant to Heinz Tietjen but her outspoken criticism of Adolf Hitler and his policies led to her leaving Germany in 1939. She lived briefly in Switzerland before moving to England where she was interned on the Isle of Man from May 27, 1940, until February 15, 1941.