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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.
Cato Bontjes van Beek
Ein Porträt der zur "Roten Kapelle" gerechneten, im Jahre 1943 hingerichteten Widerstandskämpferin und ihrer Agitation gegen die Nazi-Diktatur.
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.
Humor, Satire, and Identity
Explores the Eastern German literary trend of the 1990s employing humor and satire to come to terms with socialism's failure and a difficult unification process. This title surveys ten novels including, works by Brussig, Schulze, and Hensel. These contemporary texts help define Germany today from a specific, East German perspective.
"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.
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"--
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.
Complicity, Censorship and Criticism
This study develops an interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of the cultural history of the German Democratic Republic, examining the interaction between intellectuals and Party functionaries from a literary and historical perspective. Divided into three case studies, the work focuses on writers positioned along a spectrum of conformity and dissent and who had quite different relationships to political power: Hermann Kant, Stefan Heym and Elfriede Brüning. Drawing on and comparing unpublished archive material, autobiography and the literary output of the three named writers, this study brings to the fore the ambiguities and contradictions of intellectual life in the GDR. Tensions betwe...
