Where was Messiaen interned during WWII?
Stalag VIII-A
Auschwitz
Buchenwald
Dachau
Answer
During World War II, Olivier Messiaen was interned at Stalag VIII-A, a prisoner-of-war camp in Görlitz, Germany. Messiaen, a French composer and organist, was captured in 1940 during the German invasion of France. He spent the next two years at Stalag VIII-A, where he composed some of his most famous works, including the "Quartet for the End of Time."
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