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Wilm Hosenfeld, A Man Of courage – The story of Wilm Hosenfeld; Comment on Hosenfeld in conjunction with Roman Polanski's filmThe Pianist; Page on Wilm Hosenfeld and The Pianist on the website of Hosenfeld's grandson "Dziennik" 13 Oct. 2007 Archived 2007-10-21 at the Wayback Machine re posthumous award of Polonia Restituta – In Polish
Wilm Hosenfeld (1895–1952), Nazi Captain who hid and rescued many Polish people, including Władysław Szpilman; Kurt Huber (1893–1943), White Rose; Helmuth Hübener (1925–1942), Hamburg Vierergruppe (German Resistance) Walter Huder (1921–2002) Alois Hundhammer (1900–1974), at the time, the youngest member of the Bavarian Landtag
Wilm Hosenfeld — German officer (Commander's Cross) Norman Hulbert — British officer; Ludwik Idzikowski — Polish aviator and pioneer (Officer's Cross) Sergěj Ingr, Minister of National Defense in the Czechoslovak government-in-exile during the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (Grand Cross)
It was later revealed that German officer Hosenfeld was the pianist. The German composition juxtaposed with the mainly Polish/Chopin selection of Szpilman. The piano piece played when Szpilman is confronted by Hosenfeld is Chopin's Ballade in G minor, Op. 23, but the version played in the movie was shortened (the entire piece lasts about 10 ...
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
So that at least he could spare his little charges the fear of passing from life to death." – The Pianist, pp. 95-96. [14] The 1999 English-language edition also includes excerpts from Wilm Hosenfeld's diary (1942–44). Biermann's Epilogue gives further insight into Hosenfeld's deeds and his character.
A "strong person of interest" was arrested in Pennsylvania on Monday, after finding he had a fake ID with the same name as the one used by the suspected killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian ...
The Pianist is a memoir by the Polish-Jewish pianist and composer Władysław Szpilman in which he describes his life in Warsaw in occupied Poland during World War II. After being forced with his family to live in the Warsaw Ghetto, Szpilman manages to avoid deportation to the Treblinka extermination camp, and from his hiding places around the city witnesses the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 ...