Wilm Hosenfeld
Military Person
1895 – 1952
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Who was Wilm Hosenfeld?
Wilhelm Adalbert Hosenfeld, originally a teacher, was a German Army officer who rose to the rank of Hauptmann by the end of the war. He helped to hide or rescue several Polish, including Jews, in Nazi-occupied Poland and helped Polish-Jewish pianist and composer Władysław Szpilman to survive, hidden, in the ruins of Warsaw during the last months of 1944.
In June 2009, he was posthumously recognized as a Righteous among the Nations by Yad Vashem.
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- Born
- May 2, 1895
Fulda - Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- Germany
- German Empire
- Died
- Aug 13, 1952
Volgograd
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on July 23, 2013
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