Music and Theatre Leipzig alumni Academic staff of the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig Commanders of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland Grand Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Free State of Saxony Honorary Members of the Royal Academy of Music Members of the Academy of Arts, Berlin Recipients of the National Prize of East Germany People from the Province of Lower Silesia People from Brzeg 20th-century male musicians Fallschirmjäger of World War II German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United States German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United Kingdom