I Only See a Person in Front of Me

The man who saved The Pianist's W adys aw Szpilman and dozens of others. Captain Wilm Hosenfeld was initially an ardent admirer of Adolf Hitler. But after witnessing Nazi brutality while stationed in Poland during World War II, his moral conscience moved him to become a rescuer. Throughout the war, he never considered an individual s religion or ethnicity when called upon for help. His heroism was not known outside of Poland until W adys aw Szpilman s bestselling memoir The Pianist later made into a 2002 Academy Award-winning movie of the same name revealed an amazing man whose compassion led him to save more than 60 people. In 2008, Hosenfeld was honored by Yad Vashem as a Righteous Among the Nations.