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Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Wilm Hosenfeld House

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Landkreis Fulda

Hünfeld

Wilm Hosenfeld House

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Wilm Hosenfeld House

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Location: Hünfeld, Landkreis Fulda, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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Andreas

September 24, 2024

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In memory of the German reserve officer who helped many Jews and other persecuted people in Poland during the Second World War, the old school in Mackenzell is now called the "Wilm Hosenfeld House". Hosenfeld was born in the school building in Mackenzell in 1895. He became world famous through Polanski's film "The Pianist" about the Polish pianist Wladyslaw Spielmann, who was saved by Hosenfeld's courageous efforts.

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Cornelia

August 3, 2025

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Wilhelm Adalbert "Wilm" Hosenfeld (May 2, 1895 in Mackenzell near Fulda; August 13, 1952 in Stalingrad) was a Wehrmacht officer in World War II who is believed to have saved the lives of at least 30 Polish citizens, including several Jews, during the German occupation of Warsaw.

Hosenfeld became famous through his portrayal in Władysław Szpilman's autobiography The Pianist: My Miraculous Survival, which was made into a film by Roman Polański (The Pianist). The Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem posthumously awarded Hosenfeld the honorary title of Righteous Among the Nations in November 2008.

(Source: Wikipedia de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilm_Hosenfeld)

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