Wilm Hosenfeld Military person

Wilhelm Adalbert Hosenfeld (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪlm ˈhoːzənfɛlt]; 2 May 1895 – 13 August 1952), originally a schoolteacher, was a German Army officer who by the end of the Second World War had risen to the rank of Hauptmann (Captain). He helped to hide or rescue several Polish people, including Jews, in Nazi-occupied Poland, and helped Polish-Jewish pianist and composer Władysław Szpilman to survive, hidden, in the ruins of Warsaw during the last months of 1944. He was taken prisoner by the Red Army and died in Soviet captivity seven years later.In June 2009, Hosenfeld was posthumously recognized by Yad Veshem as one of the Righteous among the Nations.

Personal facts

Birth date	May 02, 1895
Birth place	German Empire , Fulda
Date of death	August 13, 1952
Place of death	Soviet Union , Volgograd , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

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allegiance	German Empire
award	Wound Badge Iron Cross Order of Polonia Restituta The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
military operations	World War II World War I
service start	1914
service end	1914