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I Only See a Person in Front of Me
The man who saved The Pianist's Wladyslaw Szpilmanand dozens of others.Captain Wilm Hosenfeld was initially an ardent admirer ofAdolf Hitler. But after witnessing Nazi brutality while stationed in Poland during World War II, his moral conscience movedhim to become a rescuer. Throughout the war, he neverconsidered an individual's religion or ethnicity when called upon for help. His heroism was not known outside of Polanduntil Wadysaw Szpilman's bestselling memoir The Pianist-later made into a 2002 Academy Award-winning movie of thesame 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.
Defying the Nazis
Initially an ardent admirer of Adolf Hitler, Wilm Hosenfeld became aware of the Third Reich’s relentless brutality when he, a captain in the German army, was stationed in Poland. Witnessing Nazis’ the inhumanity changed Hosenfeld from an enemy occupier to a rescuer. Includes historical maps, as well as a glossary, timeline, character list, and a full index.
Defiyng the Nazis: the Life of Captain Wilm Hosenfeld, Young Readers Edition
Tells the life story of the German army captain who began as a strong supporter of Hitler and changed to a rescuer of Jews and others after witnessing Nazi brutalities.
Cato Bontjes van Beek
Ein Porträt der zur "Roten Kapelle" gerechneten, im Jahre 1943 hingerichteten Widerstandskämpferin und ihrer Agitation gegen die Nazi-Diktatur.
I Only See the Person in Front of Me
"Mostly unknown until immortalized in the Oscar-winning film The Pianist, Wilm Hosenfeld, a former ardent supporter of Adolf Hitler, changed from enemy occupier to rescuer"--
Berlin's Hollow Homes
Stumbling upon Berlin's gruesome past. From 1933 to 1945, Germany was gripped by Nazi tyranny. During those turbulent years many minorities suffered. Amongst them were the non-Aryan, political opponents, trade unionists, the disabled, homosexuals and ...the Jews. Any person who opposed the regime or did not fit their racial profile was persecuted or murdered. Berlin is one of Trevor Carroll's favourite cities. In recent years, he happened upon the largest decentralised memorial in the world - Stolpersteine or 'Stumble Stones'. Intrigued, he started researching the stories behind each Stolperstein that rests among the cobblestones outside that victim's final home of choice. The Stolperstein, a unique brass plaque is stamped with its victim's name. Follow Trevor as he stumbles from one Stolperstein to the next, uncovering the stories of some of the many who were taken by the Nazis. He uncovers stories of sacrifice, bravery and survival and the few who evaded Hitler's bloodlust.
Prophetic Women of Bold Love
This book introduces women from various parts of the world who have experienced violence in some form and used that experience to actively foster peace. Some of the women may be better known than others, for they are Nobel Peace Laureates. Yet each woman is equally prophetic in the bold love that creates a better world. The women represent a variety of countries and religious traditions. Yet there is a unity in the underlying spirituality of non violence that grounds each prophetic life and the loving work for human dignity, reconciliation and peace. The women are models for living in ways that transform the world.
Call from the Cave
This book explores the nature of power in persons, groups, and nations by asking a question that we can understand in contemporary terms: what would Bill Gates do if he had Hitler's absolute power? It is a sociological question that exposes power as a tool of control over the powerless, not as a psychological trait or manners of personal interactions. With Hitler's power, any individual, group, or nation could become as crazy as Hitler or as cruel as the Nazis. Call from the Cave argues that the savage struggle for power, exemplified in the free market system of America--history's first and purest "natural" society--is in our very human nature. In the footsteps of the ancient Romans and the recent Nazis, we push on in every waking moment of our lives to expand our power and to control the souls and minds of other human beings to do our bidding. The book concludes that this is the very destiny of humanity we cannot escape.
The Short Life of Sophie Scholl
The biography of the twenty-one year-old German student who was put to death for her anti-Nazi activities with the underground group called the White Rose.
"Ich sehe immer den Menschen vor mir"
"Ich versuche jeden zu retten, der zu retten ist", schrieb der deutsche Wehrmachtsoffizier Wilm Hosenfeld im Jahr 1944 an seine Ehefrau Annemarie. Einer, der ihm sein Leben verdankte, war der polnische Pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman. Doch es waren weit mehr Menschen im besetzten Warschau, die aufgrund des mutigen Einsatzes von Wilm Hosenfeld überlebten. Sein eigenes Leben hingegen endete tragisch: Sieben Jahre nach Kriegsende starb er in sowjetischer Gefangenschaft. Seine Familie sah er nie wieder. Für diese erste Biographie über Wilm Hosenfeld wertete Hermann Vinke zahreiche Briefe sowie dessen Warschauer Tagebuch aus. Er sprach mit Szpilmans Witwe, die, hoch betagt, noch immer in Warschau lebt. Es ist die zu Unrecht fast vergessene Lebensgeschichte eines Mannes, der zunächst ein überzeugter Nazi war und schließlich tief bewegt und erschüttert von Leid und Elend die Menschlichkeit über Eid und Befehle stellte.
