The Pianist
Wladyslaw Szpilman
222 pages
Non-fiction
The incredible story of Wladyslaw Szpilman and how he survived WWII in Warsaw, Poland as a Jewish man. He describes his experiences as well as those around him, Jew, Pole, and German alike. He talks of those that helped him survive, including a German officer by the name of Wilm Hosenfeld. Without his man, Wladyslaw Szpilman would not have made it to the end of the war.
He lost his entire family, hid by himself for years with limited human contact, got deathly ill, and somehow, he made it. And he never lost his talent for the piano nor his desire to live, to make it. It was an incredible story.
If you stumble across the book, pick it up. It is honest without being horribly graphic and shows the humanity and inhumanity that colors human history. How amazing is it to find that people can go through horrible and soul-crushing tragedies and still come out on top. The human spirit is incredible.
Thanks for sharing your story Mr. Szpilman.
Chuck
He lost his entire family, hid by himself for years with limited human contact, got deathly ill, and somehow, he made it. And he never lost his talent for the piano nor his desire to live, to make it. It was an incredible story.
If you stumble across the book, pick it up. It is honest without being horribly graphic and shows the humanity and inhumanity that colors human history. How amazing is it to find that people can go through horrible and soul-crushing tragedies and still come out on top. The human spirit is incredible.
Thanks for sharing your story Mr. Szpilman.
Chuck
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