電影《Pianist》原型-斯皮爾曼親自彈奏肖邦夜曲20號

【ZT】斯皮爾曼（1911-2000），從小就顯露出鋼琴天賦，幾年後被保送到柏林深造，1933年他的第一場個人演奏會在歐洲音樂界得到高度評價。回國後成為波蘭最年輕的鋼琴家之一。1939年，德國入侵波蘭，作為猶太人，斯皮爾曼的生命受到嚴重威脅。他的父母、親戚相繼被送到集中營。他被迫開始逃亡的生活，在朋友的幫助下四處躲避，等待救援，死亡的陰影時刻相伴。直到一位熱愛音樂的德國軍官被他的鋼琴曲打動，決定冒險保護年輕的音樂家。在他的庇護下，斯皮爾曼苦撐到二戰結束。他將這段經曆寫成小說《死亡的城市》，於 1946年出版。但由於書中描寫了波蘭猶太人對當時蘇聯的不信任，遭到蘇聯查禁。直到90年代，這本書才得以重見天日，改名為《鋼琴家》在美國重新發行，一舉登上了《紐約時報》暢銷書排行榜。



他年輕時, 和Adrien Brody有些貌似:




後記:

German Officer Made Famous in ‘The Pianist’ Named as Righteous

 

2009 Feb. 16 (Bloomberg) — Wilm Hosenfeld, the German officer whose assistance to Wladyslaw Szpilman in the movie ”The Pianist” made him famous, has been posthumously recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations for risking his life to save Jews during World War II.

 

Hosenfeld was named by the committee set up by Israel’s Holocaust museum Yad Vashem after Szpilman wrote to Yad Vashem to say that the Wermacht officer stationed in Poland helped him find a hiding place and provided him with food, blankets and moral support in November 1944.

The pianist also mentioned Hosenfeld in his diaries, which later became the basis for Roman Polanski’s film ”The Pianist,” the museum said in an e-mailed statement.

The title, Righteous Among Nations, is awarded by a special commission headed by a Supreme Court justice based on a well- defined set of criteria and regulations, according to the Yad Vashem Web site.

About 6 million European Jews were killed in the Holocaust during World War II in a systematic Nazi campaign across Europe that included random executions, plunder and death camps.

Hosenfeld, who was arrested and tried by the Soviets after the war, died in Soviet prison in 1952. He was also named as a rescuer by Holocaust survivor Leon Wurm, who said Hosenfeld employed him at a sports center he was in charge of.

The committee decided on Hosenfeld’s title after it was given his diaries and as letters to his wife showed he consistently opposed the Nazi policy toward the Jews, Yad Vashem said.

Hosenfeld’s children, who live in Germany, will receive a medal and certificate on their father’s behalf, Yad Vashem said, adding that no date has been set yet for the official ceremony.

[weston]

回複britannica的評論:
這也太說不過去了，昨會沒看過這電影？

[britannica]

嗯，我好像沒看過這電影，該去找來看看