Elsa Bruckmann (23 February 1865 – 7 June 1946), born Princess Cantacuzène of Romania was the Munich publisher of Houston Stewart Chamberlain.
Attendees at their salon included Rainer Maria Rilke, Heinrich Wölfflin, Rudolf Kassner, Hermann Graf Keyserling, Karl Wolfskehl, Ludwig Klages, Harry Graf Kessler, Alfred Schuler, Georg Simmel, Hjalmar Schacht and her nephew Norbert von Hellingrath.
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.
[4] The Bruckmanns joined the Nazi Party in 1932, but this was back-dated to 1925 with honorary membership numbers 91 (Elsa) and 92 (Hugo).