Defying the Nazis: The Story of German Officer Wilm Hosenfeld, Young Readers Edition (Young Readers) (Young Readers) - Hardcover
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The man who saved The Pianist's Wladyslaw Szpilman and dozens of others.
Initially an ardent admirer of Adolf Hitler, Wilm Hosenfeld became aware of the Third Reich's relentless brutality against the Poles and Jews when he was stationed in Poland. Witnessing the Nazis' inhumanity changed Hosenfeld from an enemy occupier to a rescuer. Hosenfeld's heroic efforts to save Polish citizens was mostly unknown until a scene in the Oscar-winning film, The Pianist, brought to the public's attention a man who compassion saved more than 60 people. In 2008, Hosenfeld was honored by Yad Vashem as a Righteous Among the Nations. Defying the Nazis is the first English biography of Wilm Hosenfeld.
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About the Author
Hermann Vinke is a journalist who has worked at various newspapers and as a correspondent covering Tokyo, the Baltic States, and Washington, D.C. An award-winning nonfiction author, Vinke offers readers an absorbing look at the people who bravely resisted Nazism.
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Initially an ardent admirer of Adolf Hitler, Wilm Hosenfeld became aware of the Third Reich's relentless brutality against the Poles
and Jews when he was stationed in Poland. Witnessing the Nazis' inhumanity changed Hosenfeld from an enemy occupier to a rescuer. Hosenfeld's heroic efforts to save Polish citizens was mostly unknown until a scene in the Oscar-winning film, The Pianist, brought Hosenfeld to the public's attention. In Defying the Nazis, the full story of Hosenfled's courageous transformation and his attempts to help those he was ordered to kill can finally be read and appreciated.
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