Szpilman, Władysław.

Summary: A Jewish pianist's real-life account of survival in World War II Warsaw. Separated in a mêlée, he fights to rejoin his family as they board the death train, but police block him. "Papa!" he cries. The father waves, "as if I were setting out into life and he was already greeting me from beyond the grave."

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2003

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 SZPILMAN, WLADYSLAW SZP

Summary: Based on the memoirs of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew, who was a brilliant pianist. He watched as his family was shipped off to Nazi labor camps. He managed to escape and lived for years in the ruins of Warsaw, hiding from the Nazis.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2003

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