Willy Rosen

Willy Rosen (1894–1944) was a German composer, songwriter, and renown cabaret player.[1][2] Rosen was Jewish[3] and was killed in Auschwitz concentration camp on 29 September 1944.[4][5]

Rosen was born Julius Rosenbaum[6] or Wilhelm Julius Rosenberg[7] in Magdeburg, Germany.[8] In 1942, Rosen was incarcerated in Westerbork concentration camp, and in 1944 deported to Auschwitz concentration camp.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ Smelik & Pomerans (2002), p. 744
  2. ^ Proceedings of the Ninth World Congress of Jewish Studies , Part 4 (1986), p. 206
  3. ^ Smelik & Pomerans (2002), p. 744
  4. ^ Silverman (2002), p. xxi
  5. ^ Smelik & Pomerans (2002), p. 744
  6. ^ Smelik & Pomerans (2002), p. 744
  7. ^ Silverman (2002), p. xx
  8. ^ Smelik & Pomerans (2002), p. 744
  9. ^ Smelik & Pomerans (2002), p. 731

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