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

Engel was born on 19 September 1875 in Widminnen, East Prussia – today Wydminy in the Warmia-Masuria Voivodship of Poland. 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.

References

1. ^ "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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