Question

How is wilm hosenfeld an upstander?

Answer 1

Wilhelm Hosenfeld was an upstander who helped save the lives of Jewish people during World War II.

Step-by-step explanation:

Wilhelm Hosenfeld was an upstander during World War II.

He was a German army officer who helped save the lives of several Jewish people during the war.

One of the most notable example of his heroism is his role in helping the Polish-Jewish pianist and composer Władysław Szpilman to survive the war, which was later portrayed in the movie 'The Pianist'.

Answer 2

Throughout the war, Wilm Hosenfeld likely saved the lives of 60 people, many of them Jewish. But without the pianist Władysław Szpilman, Hosenfeld might have been forgotten.

Hosenfeld died in a Soviet prison in 1952. By that time Leon Warm had already died, but his letter to Szpilman survived, and his sister wrote to Yad Vashem from Australia, confirming her brother's rescue.