Eugen Engel

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Born(1875-09-19)19 September 1875
Died26 March 1943(1943-03-26) (aged 67)
OccupationComposer
Eugen Engel
Born(1875-09-19)19 September 1875
Died26 March 1943(1943-03-26) (aged 67)
OccupationComposer

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]

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