1943, GERMANY: The german classical woman pianist ELLY NEY (1882 1968) who specialized in Beethoven. Portrait on italian version of german Nazist illustrated magazine LA SVASTICA, march 1943. 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.