Wilm Hosenfeld
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Wilm Hosenfeld was a German Wehrmacht officer known for secretly helping and ultimately saving Polish Jews, most famously the pianist Władysław Szpilman, during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wilm Hosenfeld canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German Army officer
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Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ Wehrmacht officer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Wilhelm Adalbert Hosenfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAccountOf | memoir "The Pianist" by Władysław Szpilman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthCountry | German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1895-05-02 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Mackenzell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | consequences of imprisonment in Soviet captivity ⓘ |
| citizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfService | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathCountry | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1952-08-13 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Stalingrad prisoner-of-war camp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| detainedBy | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Hosenfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Wilhelm ⓘ |
| helpedRescue |
Polish Jews in Warsaw
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Władysław Szpilman NERFINISHED ⓘ other persecuted Poles ⓘ |
| ideology | initially supported National Socialism ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | German ⓘ |
| laterOpposed | Nazi crimes against Jews and Poles ⓘ |
| memberOf | German Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Hauptmann ⓘ |
| moralStance | expressed remorse for Nazi atrocities in his diaries ⓘ |
| name | Wilm Hosenfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | German ⓘ |
| notableFor |
helping Władysław Szpilman survive in Warsaw
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saving Polish Jews during the Holocaust ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 5 ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
General Government (Nazi-occupied Poland)
NERFINISHED
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Warsaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Thomas Kretschmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | film "The Pianist" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residenceDuringWar | Warsaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Annmarie Hosenfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| witnessed | persecution of Jews in Warsaw ⓘ |
| wrote | diaries about life in occupied Poland ⓘ |
| yearOfYadVashemRecognition | 2009 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Wilm Hosenfeld Description of subject: Wilm Hosenfeld was a German Wehrmacht officer known for secretly helping and ultimately saving Polish Jews, most famously the pianist Władysław Szpilman, during World War II.
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subject surface form:
Wilm Hosenfeld