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Left to right: Kurt Hager, Ruth Berghaus, Werner Rackwitz, Paul Dessau and Hans-Joachim Hoffmann [ de] in 1974

Werner Rackwitz (3 December 1929 – 14 March 2014) was a German opera director and politician. From 1963 to 1969, he was the Head of Music at the Ministry of Culture of the German Democratic Republic ( East Germany) and from 1969 to 1981 he was the Deputy Minister of Culture. He was born in Breslau, Weimar Republic (now Wrocław, Poland).

Rackwitz died after a short illness on 14 March 2014 in Berlin, Germany; he was 84 years old. [1] [2]

References

  1. ^ "Werner Rackwitz ist tot". Rheinische Post (in German). 18 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  2. ^ Berlin opera boss has died

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