Eugen Engel

Eugen Engel (1875–1943) was a composer murdered during the Holocaust.[1]

Engel was born on 19 September 1875 in Widminnen, East Prussia – today Wydminy in the Warmia-Masuria Voivodship of Poland.[1] He was killed in Sobibór extermination camp on 26 March 1943, at the age of 67.

His opera Grete Minde was first performed in 2022 at the Theater Magdeburg in Germany.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "The Life of Eugen Engel and His Opera "Grete Minde"". Music and the Holocaust. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  2. ^ Kate Connolly (14 February 2022). "Holocaust victim's opera stored for years in trunk gets premiere at last". the Guardian. Retrieved 6 April 2023.


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