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In The Pianist, Szpilman describes a newspaper article that appeared in October 1940: A little while later the only Warsaw newspaper published in Polish by the Germans provided an official comment on this subject: not only were the Jews social parasites, they also spread infection.
In his memoir, Szpilman describes one of these forays: One day when I was walking along beside the wall I saw a childish smuggling operation that seemed to have reached a successful conclusion.
Szpilman describes the Jewish Police: You could have said, perhaps, that they caught the Gestapo spirit.
Szpilman describes their last moments together before the train arrived: At one point a boy made his way through the crowd in our direction with a box of sweets on a string round his neck.
Szpilman describes the encounter:
Szpilman describes the scene :< p > I played Chopin ’ s Nocturne in C sharp minor.

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At around this time, the Germans in charge of Szpilman ’ s group decided to allow each man five kilograms of potatoes and a loaf of bread every day, to make them feel more secure under the Germans ; fears of deportation had been running at especially high levels since the last selection.
He helped to hide or rescue several Poles, including Jews, in Nazi-occupied Poland, and is perhaps most remembered for helping Polish-Jewish pianist and composer Władysław Szpilman to survive, hidden, in the ruins of Warsaw during the last months of 1944.

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Szpilman ’ s family ( he was living with his parents, his brother Henryk and his sisters Regina and Halina ) were amongst those who did not.
Again, the experience of those in the bigger ghetto is best described by Szpilman: Dozens of beggars lay in wait for this brief moment of encounter with a prosperous citizen, mobbing him by pulling at his clothes, barring his way, begging, weeping, shouting, threatening.
But before his death, in the winter of 1942, Zyskind supplied Szpilman with the latest news from outside the ghetto, received via radio.
On his way, Szpilman would meet up with his brother, Henryk, who made a living by trading books in the street.
On February 13, 1943, Szpilman slipped through the ghetto gate and met up with his friend Andrzej Bogucki on the other side.
Living in the attic of the block of flats, with very little protection from the cold and the snow, Szpilman began to get extremely cold.
The officer went with Szpilman to take a look at his hiding place.
From then until his unit retreated from Warsaw, the German officer supplied Szpilman with food, water and encouraging news of the Soviet advance.
The officer left Szpilman with food and drink and with a German Army great coat, so he would be warm while he foraged for food until the Soviets arrived.
As part of the 2007 Manchester International Festival, the memoir was performed as a two-man presentation, with pianist Mikhail Rudy and actor Peter Guinness both portraying Władysław Szpilman as he recounts his experiences.
In November 1998 Szpilman was honored by the president of Poland with a Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
Szpilman began his study of the piano at the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, Poland, where he studied piano with Alexander Michalowski and Josef Smidovicz, first-and second-generation pupils of Franz Liszt.
Szpilman composed many pieces and soundtracks while touring Poland with his accompanying violinist, Bronislav Gimpel.
Władysław Szpilman and his family, along with all other Jews living in Warsaw, were forced to move into a " Jewish District "— the Warsaw Ghetto — on 31 October 1940.
As vividly described in his memoir, in February 1944 Szpilman found places to hide in Warsaw and survived with the help of his friends from Polish Radio and fellow musicians such as Andrzej Bogucki and his wife Janina.
Szpilman also performed as a soloist and with violinists Bronislav Gimpel, Roman Totenberg, Ida Haendel and Henryk Szeryng.
In 1963, Szpilman and Gimpel founded the Warsaw Piano Quintet, with which Szpilman performed worldwide until 1986.
Although it concludes with his survival, Szpilman declined to conclude his memoir on a happy note.
Szpilman's son Andrzej compiled and released a CD with the most popular songs Szpilman had composed under the title Wendy Lands Sings the Songs of the Pianist ( Universal Music ).
Other CDs with the works of Szpilman include Works for Piano and Orchestra by Władysław Szpilman with Ewa Kupiec ( piano ), John Axelrod ( director ), and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra ( 2004 ) ( Sony BMG ) and the Original recordings of The Pianist and Władysław Szpilman-Legendary recordings ( Sony classical ).

Szpilman and family
To avoid the concentration camps, rich, intellectual Jews like Szpilman ’ s family and many of his acquaintances could pay to have poorer Jews deported in their place.
Szpilman ’ s family was lucky to already be living in the ghetto area when the plans were announced.
Szpilman and his family were fortunate to live in the small ghetto, which was less crowded and dangerous than the other.
After six days searching and deal making, Szpilman managed to procure six work certificates, enough for his entire family.
Soon after they arrived, Szpilman ’ s family was reunited.
Szpilman never saw any members of his family again.
Szpilman and his family did not yet need to find a new residence, as their apartment was already in the ghetto area.
Szpilman managed to find work as a musician to support his family which included his mother, father, brother Henryk, and two sisters, Regina and Halina.
Along with him, the Szpilman family and thousands of others asked that Hosenfeld be honoured in this way for his acts of kindness throughout the war.

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Here, Szpilman !’ A hand grabbed me by the collar, and I was flung back and out of the police cordon .</ p >

Szpilman and By
By October 14 Szpilman and the German army were all but the only humans still living in Warsaw, which had been completely destroyed by the Germans.

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On 30 August, Szpilman moved back into his old building, which by this time had entirely burnt out.

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After hearing this news and completing whatever other business he had in the large ghetto, Szpilman would head back to his house in the small ghetto.
Szpilman was horrified and angered by his siblings ’ headstrong decision, and only accepted their presence after his appeal to the guards had failed to secure their release.
As soon as he saw Szpilman coming, Bogucki turned away and began to walk towards the hiding place they had arranged for him.
Szpilman followed, careful not to reveal himself as Jewish ( Szpilman had prominent Jewish features ) by straying into the light of a street lamp while a German was passing.
While he was hiding in the city, Szpilman had to move many times from flat to flat.
During the months that Szpilman spent in hiding, he came extremely close to suicide on several occasions, but never had to carry out his plans.
From the window of the flat in which he was hiding, Szpilman had a good vantage point from which to watch the beginnings of the rebellion.
Szpilman had little to offer the officer by way of thanks, but told him that if he should ever need help, that he should ask for the pianist Szpilman of the Polish radio.
But, before he had finished speaking, the woman dropped her bundle, turned and fled, shouting that Szpilman was “ A German !” Szpilman ran back inside his building.
Looking out the window minutes later, Szpilman saw that his building had been surrounded by troops and that they were already making their way in via the cellars.
Lednicki told Szpilman of a German officer he had met at a Soviet Prisoner of War camp on his way back from his wanderings after the defeat of the Warsaw Uprising.
The officer, learning that he was a musician, had asked him if he knew Władysław Szpilman.
When Szpilman and Lendicki returned to the place where the POW camp had been, it was no longer there.
Surprisingly, the officer did not kill Szpilman, but instead after finding out that he was a pianist, asked Szpilman to play for him on a piano they had found.
Szpilman's son, Andrzej Szpilman, had long called for Yad Vashem to recognize Wilm Hosenfeld as a Righteous Among the Nations, non-Jews who risked their lives to rescue Jews.

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