Willy Rosen (1894 – 1 October 1944) was a German-Jewish composer, songwriter, and renowned cabaret player. [1] [2] Rosen was killed in the Auschwitz concentration camp on 1 October 1944. [3] [4]
Rosen was born Willy Julius Rosenbaum [5] in Magdeburg, Germany. [6] In 1942, Rosen was incarcerated in the Westerbork transit camp, and in 1944 deported to Theresienstadt on 4 September 1944 and then on to the Auschwitz concentration camp on 29 September, where he died. [7]
Willy Rosen (1894 – 1 October 1944) was a German-Jewish composer, songwriter, and renowned cabaret player. [1] [2] Rosen was killed in the Auschwitz concentration camp on 1 October 1944. [3] [4]
Rosen was born Willy Julius Rosenbaum [5] in Magdeburg, Germany. [6] In 1942, Rosen was incarcerated in the Westerbork transit camp, and in 1944 deported to Theresienstadt on 4 September 1944 and then on to the Auschwitz concentration camp on 29 September, where he died. [7]