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During the war he married Mimosa Frenk (1942-9-30), the Jewish daughter of Eli Frenk and Agnes
Bushnach, and together they participated in the underground resistance to save Jewish children from deportation. During the war he did his medical exam. Edgar also composed music for orchestras that were
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descent and his mother Jewish and was from the Dutch East Indies. Initially, the Edgar family was doing well. During his childhood, Boy Edgar was able to visit the
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several times. However, during the economic crisis in the 1930s, the Edgar family's company went bankrupt. His father died in 1935 and left the family in poverty.
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to teach at a number of universities and conduct further research. He stayed in the United States for three years and returned in 1969.
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conductor, pianist and trumpeter. He was also a member of the resistance who saved Jewish children during
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and regularly performed with international stars on radio and television. In 1964 he received the
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recorded the LPs Now's the time (1965) and Finch Eye (1966). In
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and how to play the piano and the trumpet. In 1932 he started his medical training at the
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