It was all over. In 1967 the master classes took place for the last time, after which Friedelind was once more an outsider, just as she had been in New York in 1941. She did not belong, was without a real home and yet again had to build a new life for herself. To make matters worse, the ‘Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands’ (NPD), a new far-right party founded in Germany in late 1964, had managed to achieve a respectable 13.6% of the vote in Bayreuth. It offered a home to numerous ex-Nazis, and Winifred was delighted: ‘Well – the result of the elections was a real surprise – let's hope that the representatives of the NPD now prove themselves too. It's really time to muck things out!’

What's more, a former prominent Nazi called Hans Severus Ziegler was busy giving a series of lectures at the Bayreuth adult education centre (the ‘Volkshochschule’). He had organized the infamous Nazi exhibition of ‘Degenerate music’ in 1938 and had, in 1964, published his anecdotal book Hitler aus dem Erleben, in which the ‘Führer’ is portrayed as a cultured, intellectually interested man. After the book's publication the city of Bayreuth banned Ziegler from giving any more lectures, so Winifred invited him instead along with 80 other interested parties. Her daughter was annoyed to see how Winifred continued her old friendships with Nazi enthusiasts and made no secret of it.