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Wilm Hosenfeld

1895 - 1952

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Wilhelm Adalbert Hosenfeld (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪl(hɛl)m ˈhoːzənfɛlt]; 2 May 1895 – 13 August 1952), originally a school teacher, was a German Army officer who by the end of the Second World War had risen to the rank of a Hauptmann (captain). He helped to hide or rescue several Polish people, including Jews, in Nazi-German occupied Poland, and helped Jewish pianist and composer Władysław Szpilman to survive, hidden, in the ruins of Warsaw during the last months of 1944, an act which was portrayed in the 2002 film The Pianist. He was taken prisoner by the Red Army and died in Soviet captivity in 1952. In October 2007, Hosenfeld was posthumously honoured by Lech Kaczyński, the President of Poland, with a Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilm Hosenfeld is the 1,217th most popular politician (down from 955th in 2019), the 307th most popular biography from Germany (down from 266th in 2019) and the 87th most popular German Politician.

Wilhelm Hosenfeld was a German officer who helped to save the lives of many people during World War II. He helped to smuggle Jews out of Nazi-occupied Poland, and helped to save Polish children from death.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wilm Hosenfeld ranks 1,217 out of 19,576. Before him are Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Kurt von Schleicher, Władysław III of Poland, Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, Dost Mohammad Khan, and Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. After him are Christian I of Denmark, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Andrei Gromyko, Helmut Schmidt, 5th Dalai Lama, and Tiberius Claudius Nero.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Wilm Hosenfeld ranks 17. Before him are Ernst Jünger, Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Nikolai Yezhov, Mikhail Bakhtin, and Richard Sorge. After him are William Giauque, Max Horkheimer, Paul Éluard, Paul Hindemith, Semyon Timoshenko, and Ragnar Frisch. Among people deceased in 1952, Wilm Hosenfeld ranks 8. Before him are Maria Montessori, Knut Hamsun, Eva Perón, John Dewey, Alexandra Kollontai, and Chaim Weizmann. After him are Paul Éluard, Karen Horney, Benedetto Croce, Sven Hedin, Elena of Montenegro, and Walter Schellenberg.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilm Hosenfeld ranks 307 out of 7,253. Before him are Walther von Reichenau (1884), Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714), Heinrich Müller (1900), Franz Marc (1880), Kurt von Schleicher (1882), and Duchess Helene in Bavaria (1834). After him are Christian I of Denmark (1426), Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (1856), Helmut Schmidt (1918), Carl Schmitt (1888), Albrecht Altdorfer (1480), and Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (1876).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Wilm Hosenfeld ranks 87. Before him are Wilhelm Pieck (1876), Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1629), Joachim Gauck (1940), Eduard Bernstein (1850), Maximilian II of Bavaria (1811), and Kurt von Schleicher (1882). After him are Christian I of Denmark (1426), Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (1856), Helmut Schmidt (1918), Baldur von Schirach (1907), Anton Drexler (1884), and Friedrich Ratzel (1844).

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