Wilm Hosenfeld
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Wilhelm Adalbert Hosenfeld was a German Catholic school teacher, Nazi activist, and propaganda and intelligence officer in the German Army during World War II. He served as the commander of prisoner-o
Hosenfeld in 1939
The house at 223 Niepodległości Avenue in Warsaw, where Hosenfeld helped Władysław Szpilman
Commemorative plaque on the building
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Władysław Szpilman
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Władysław Szpilman was a Polish Jewish pianist, classical composer and Holocaust survivor. Szpilman is widely known as the central figure in the Roman Polanski film The Pianist, which was based on his
Wilm Hosenfeld
…soldiers before their execution. He is credited with rescuing or assisting at least three Polish Jews, including the pianist and classical composer Władysław Szpilman during the German destruction of Warsaw, and with having helped a number of Polish people under Nazi occupation. Hosenfeld's assistance to Szpilman was…
Szpilman c. 1940
Plaque on a house in Warsaw where Szpilman was hiding in 1943 in the studio of his friend, composer Czesław Lewicki