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Rediscovery of the composer Eugen Engel: »This man did not care about his life, but about his opera«

2022-02-13T19:00:07.796Z


The Jewish merchant Eugen Engel loved classical music and even composed it. Almost 80 years after his murder in the Sobibor concentration camp, his opera will be premiered this Sunday. The text comes from a career Nazi.


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Stumbling block for Eugen Engel in Berlin: murdered at the age of 67

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Composer Engel 1928: »It was wasted due to the circumstances of the time«

Photo: Jewish Museum Berlin / Janice Lowen Agee

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Source: spiegel

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