Wilm Hosenfeld

which many people were crammed into. People were always hungry. Some people had valuables that they could trade for food. Others had to beg or starve to death. People didn’t have the proper clothing for the harsh winter. Like in the movie, some children that were small enough would crawl through little openings in the wall that surrounded the ghetto and smuggle in food for their families and friends. If the children were caught, they would be severely punished. Maybe even beaten till death. Wladek Szpilman was indeed a very lucky person; his life was saved not once but twice. His life was first saved by a family friend who was a Jewish police officer in the ghetto the two were in 9 the Warsaw Ghetto). Another time he was saved by Captain Wilm Hosenfeld, a German officer, who gave him food and even the coat that went to his German uniform to help Szpilman stay warm in the harsh winter. By the end of the movie Warsaw was in ruins. Buildings were burned to ensure that there were no Jews or any other fugitives of Germany taking shelter in them. In fact Warsaw was the country that was the most destroyed in the war. It was basically in ruins by the end of the…

What I am aiming to show in my essay is that humans can overcome anything if they have the right type of determination. This essay communicates a message aimed at teenagers. I am writing about this character because he shows that anyone can survive if they have what it takes. The Pianist, directed by Roman Polanski, presents viewers with the story of Wladyk Szpilman and his desire to survive against all odds, as he endures terrible hardship and pain. He manages to survive this terrible ordeal…

In The Pianist begins in Warsaw, Poland at the beginning of the Second World War,first introducing Wladyslaw (Wladek) Szpilman, who works as a pianist for the local radio. The Polish Army has been defeated in three weeks by the German Army and Szpilman's radio station is bombed while he plays live on the air. While evacuating the building he finds a friend of his who introduces him to his sister, Dorota. Szpilman is immediately attracted to her. Wladyslaw returns home to find his parents and…

I am writing a memo to compare two websites both giving information on nephroblastoma or Wilms Tumor. The websites I choose to compare are Medscape and Mayo Clinic. Advertising and marketing affect us more than we realize. The media, businesses and the internet are constantly evaluating their audience to see what attracts them and what gets their attention. Each company or website has their target audience. This is based on gender, education, age, social class and hobbies to name a few. They…

for the reason that she is believes that the change is good while she portrays the opposite. The society influences Betty just as Danny Vinyard, from American History X, is influenced by his brother Derek and Cameron to follow in their footsteps. Cameron uses Derek’s absence as the freedom to transform Danny into his brother. Similarly in Crash, Jean Cabot is unconsciously influenced by the way her husband, Rick, treats her. She is affected negatively by this and therefore conforms to the…