About Willy Rosen
Lived 1894 – 1944 (aged 50). Willy Rosen was a composer, songwriter, cabaret performer, lyricist, actor and writer.
Willy Rosen (1894 – 1 October 1944) was a German-Jewish composer, songwriter, and renowned cabaret player. Rosen was murdered in the Auschwitz concentration camp on 1 October 1944.
Rosen was born Willy Julius Rosenbaum in Magdeburg, Germany. In 1942, Rosen was incarcerated in the Westerbork transit camp, and in 1944, deported to Theresienstadt on 4 September, and then on to the Auschwitz concentration camp on 29 September, where he was murdered.
Selected filmography Marriage in Trouble (1929) The Tender Relatives (1930) Moritz Makes his Fortune (1931) Holzapfel Knows Everything (1932) Manolescu, Prince of Thieves (1933)
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Who was Willy Rosen?
German composer (1894–1944)
When was Willy Rosen born?
Willy Rosen was born on 18 July 1894 in Magdeburg.
When did Willy Rosen die?
Willy Rosen died on 1 October 1944 in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp, Auschwitz.
What was Willy Rosen's occupation?
Willy Rosen was a composer, songwriter, cabaret performer, lyricist, actor and writer.
What nationality was Willy Rosen?
Willy Rosen's recorded nationality: German Reich.
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