This biography of Władysław Szpilman chronicles the life of the Polish pianist and composer who survived the Holocaust. It explores his early life in Poland, his experiences during World War II, and his later years in which he became a celebrated
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Władysław Szpilman was a Polish Jewish pianist, classical composer and Holocaust survivor. Szpilman is widely known as the central figure in the Roman Polanski film The Pianist, which was based on his autobiographical account of how he survived the German occupation of Warsaw and the Warsaw Uprising.