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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).
On 25 November 2008, Yad Vashem recognized Wilhelm Hosenfeld as Righteous Among the Nations. The “Pianist”s RescuerWilhelm Hosenfeld was born in a village in Hessen, Germany, in 1895. His family was Catholic and he grew up in a pious and conservative German patriotic environment.
Feb 3, 2022 · Wilm Hosenfeld was a German schoolteacher turned army officer who helped save a number of Polish Jews from the Holocaust before dying tragically in a Soviet prison. He was honored by the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, but his story was overshadowed by the film The Pianist based on one of his rescued Jews.
Wilhelm "Wilm" Hosenfeld was a German officer during World War II. He saved two Jews from the Holocaust, one of whom was Wladyslaw Szpilman, whose story was the basis of Roman Polanski's 2002 Oscar-winning film "The Pianist." Hosenfeld was born in a village near Fulda in Hessen, Germany in 1895.
Jul 31, 2018 · Wilm Hosenfeld was an officer of the Wehrmacht during World War Two. He was stationed in Poland from the beginning of the war until Warsaw was captured by the Soviets; he served some 4.5 years in the Polish capital. Here he was confronted with the crimes committed against both Polish and German citizens by his fellow countrymen.
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In November, he was discovered there by a German officer, Captain Wilm Hosenfeld, who instructed him to play the piano in the building. To Szpilman's surprise, Hosenfeld also helped him, bringing him food and supplies on several occasions until the Germans retreated from Warsaw. Polish Radio
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.
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