num_pages: 336
description: The man who saved The Pianist's Wladyslaw Szpilman and dozens of others. Captain Wilm Hosenfeld was initially an ardent admirer ofAdolf Hitler. But after witnessing Nazi brutality while stationedin Poland during World War II, his moral conscience movedhim to become a rescuer. Throughout the war, he neverconsidered an individual's religion or ethnicity when calledupon for help. His heroism was not known outside of Polanduntil Wladyslƒ‚‚‚aw Szpilman's bestselling memoir, The Pianist‚"‚€‚"later made into an Academy Award-winning film of the same name‚"‚€‚"revealed an amazing man who compassion led him to save more than 60 people.
language: English
title: I Only See a Person in Front of Me
publisher: Starbright Books