Sophie Zawistowski in Sophie's Choice

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fictional character film character literary character

Sophie Zawistowski in "Sophie's Choice" is a traumatized Polish Holocaust survivor in postwar Brooklyn whose harrowing past and impossible moral decision haunt her relationships and identity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
film character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
adaptedAs character in 1982 film Sophie's Choice ⓘ
appearsIn Sophie's Choice NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sophie's Choice (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sophie's Choice (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithTheme memory ⓘ
moral dilemma ⓘ
parental sacrifice ⓘ
survivor's guilt ⓘ
trauma ⓘ
awardAssociatedWithPortrayal Academy Award for Best Actress (Meryl Streep) NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralEvent forced to choose which child will be sent to death at Auschwitz ⓘ
confidesIn Stingo NERFINISHED ⓘ
creator William Styron NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicity Polish ⓘ
familyName Zawistowski NERFINISHED ⓘ
friendOf Stingo NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Sophie NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTrait Holocaust survivor ⓘ
bilingual ⓘ
guilt-ridden ⓘ
traumatized ⓘ
hauntedBy choice between her two children ⓘ
imprisonedAt Auschwitz concentration camp NERFINISHED ⓘ
imprisonedBy Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
inRelationshipWith Nathan Landau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stingo NERFINISHED ⓘ
livesWith Nathan Landau NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality Polish ⓘ
occupation typist ⓘ
parentOf Eva NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jan NERFINISHED ⓘ
portrayedBy Meryl Streep NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Catholic ⓘ
residence Brooklyn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kraków NERFINISHED ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
speaksLanguage English ⓘ
German ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
survivedEvent Auschwitz concentration camp NERFINISHED ⓘ
Holocaust NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod World War II ⓘ
post–World War II era ⓘ

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Meryl → notableRole → Sophie Zawistowski in Sophie's Choice ⓘ
subject surface form: Meryl Streep