Werner Rackwitz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Werner Rackwitz

Opera director and politician

Date of Birth: 03-Dec-1929

Place of Birth: Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 14-Mar-2014

Profession: politician, university teacher, theater director

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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 Wroclaw, Poland). Rackwitz died after a short illness on 14 March 2014 in Berlin, Germany; he was 84 years old.