Codice albumGBB-F-008397

Image IDGBB-F-008397-0000

1923, NEW YORK, USA: The Dutch violinist and conductor Willem van Hoogstraten (1884 1965) arrive in New York on transatlantic cruiser Rotterdam with the wife, the celebrated german classical woman pianist ELLY NEY (1882 1968) specialized in Beethoven. The couple married from 1911 to 1927 and have a daughter, the actress Eleonore van Hoogstraten (1918-2007). They divorced in 1927 and Elly Ney married Paul Allais, an American coal dealer from Chicago. This marriage didn't last long, and later Ney reconciled with van Hoogstraten. Elly Ney during the Third Reich she joined the Nazi Party in 1937, participated in" cultural education" camps, and became an honorary member of the League of German Girls. She held antisemitic views. Ney was awarded the War Merit Cross, 2nd Class for care for troops. After the war, the city of Bonn imposed a stage ban on her.

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