Codice albumGBB-F-008341

Codice inventarioGBB-F-008341-0000

1923, NEW YORK, USA: The german classical woman pianist ELLY NEY (1882 1968) who specialized in Beethoven. In this photo arriving in New York on Transatlantic Cruiser Rotterdam with husband, the Dutch violinist and conductor Willem van Hoogstraten (1884 1965). 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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