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Feb 3, 2022 · Born in 1895, Wilm Hosenfeld served the German army in World War I before becoming a teacher, husband, and father to five. In 1935, Hosenfeld joined the Nazi party, pulled in by the promise of returning Germany to its prior greatness.
Wilhelm Adalbert Hosenfeld ( German pronunciation: [ ˈvɪl (hɛl)m ˈhoːzənfɛlt]; 2 May 1895 – 13 August 1952), originally a school teacher, was a German Army officer who by the end of the Second World War had risen to the rank of Hauptmann (captain).
Aug 26, 2022 · Roman Polanski's film "The Pianist" (2002) made Wilm Hosenfeld, a Wehrmacht officer, known all over the world; but Wladyslaw Szpilman was not the only one whose life he saved, but also many other Poles, Jews and Catholics.
Wilhelm Adalbert Hosenfeld (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪlm ˈhoːzənfɛlt]; 2 May 1895 – 13 August 1952) was a German Army officer who by the end of the Second World War was promoted to Hauptmann (Captain).
Feb 16, 2009 · The German officer made famous in Roman Polanski’s 2002 film “The Pianist” has been posthumously recognized as Righteous Among the Nations. Wilm Hosenfeld was drafted into the Wermacht shortly before the outbreak of World War II. He was stationed in Poland; from July 1940 he was based in Warsaw.
September 1, 1942, Hosenfeld, a devout Catholic, attempted to deal with the question of how the moral collapse of Germany had been possible; Because humanity had to be shown where its godlessness was taking it ...
Feb. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Wilm Hosenfeld, the German officer whose assistance to Wladyslaw Szpilman in the movie “The Pianist” made him famous, has been posthumously recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations for risking his life to save Jews during World War II.
