Hauptmann Wilm Hosenfeld

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Hauptmann Wilm Hosenfeld was a German Wehrmacht officer during World War II known for secretly helping and saving several persecuted Poles and Jews, most famously the Polish-Jewish pianist Władysław Szpilman.

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instanceOf German Army officer
Righteous Among the Nations
Wehrmacht officer
human
awarded Righteous Among the Nations
awardReceived Righteous Among the Nations
birthDate 1895-05-02
birthPlace German Empire
Hesse
Mackenzell
causeOfDeath consequences of imprisonment in Soviet captivity
conflict World War II
countryOfCitizenship Germany
dateOfCapture 1945
deathDate 1952-08-13
deathPlace Soviet Union
Stalingrad prisoner-of-war camp
detainedBy Soviet Union
employer German Army
ethnicGroup German
familyName Hosenfeld
givenName Wilhelm
honouredBy YadVashem
surface form: Yad Vashem
ideologicalStance opponent of Nazi atrocities
languageSpoken German
memberOf Wehrmacht
militaryBranch Heer
Wehrmacht
militaryRank Hauptmann
name Wilm Hosenfeld
nickname Wilm
notableFor helping persecuted Poles under German occupation
helping several Polish Jews during the Holocaust
saving Władysław Szpilman in Warsaw
notableWork rescue of Władysław Szpilman
rescue of persecuted Jews
rescue of persecuted Poles
wartime diaries
numberOfChildren 5
occupation military officer
schoolteacher
placeOfActivity General Government
Warsaw
portrayedBy Thomas Kretschmann
portrayedIn The Pianist
surface form: film "The Pianist"
religion Roman Catholicism
spouse Annemarie Krummacher
surface form: Annmarie Krummacher
subjectOf The Pianist
wrote wartime diaries critical of Nazi policies

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Thomas Kretschmann portrayed Hauptmann Wilm Hosenfeld