Charles Turner (composer) of a series of annual visits to the Wagner festival in Bayreuth in Bavaria. In 1938 the British secret service MI5, convinced war was imminent, needed to urgently examine and assess the German threat. Approached by mutual friend Alan Angles, later of the War Office and Directorate of Ministry of Aircraft Production, Turner was recruited to infiltrate Hitler's entourage at the 1939 Bayreuth Festival. Registered as a guest of the Führert, Turner was hosted by Dr Fritz streit Chairman of the Bavarian Chamber of Commerce, through whom he received an invitation to follow the Führer's itinerary on Wednesday 26 July
Bayreuth Army, German Army ("Bundeswehr") and the German Border Police ("Bundesgrenzschutz"). In the early 1990s, following the end of the Cold War the garrison tradition of the town came to an end when the "Bundeswehr's" Margrave Barracks ("Markgrafenkaserne") and the Röhrensee Barracks ("Röhrenseekaserne"), used by the US Army and the BGS ("Grenzschutzabteilung Süd 3"), were closed. Bayreuth Bayreuth (; ) (Bavarian: Bareid) is a medium-sized city in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Franconian Jura and the Fichtelgebirge Mountains. The town's roots date back to 1194. In the early 21st century, it is the