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Wladyslaw Szpilman
Born: 5th December 1911, Sosnowiec, Poland
Died: 6th July 2000, Warsaw, Poland
Nationality: Poland
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.
Szpilman studied piano at music academies in Berlin and Warsaw. He became a popular performer on Polish Radio and in concert. Confined within the Warsaw Ghetto after the German invasion of Poland, Szpilman spent two years in hiding.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Władysław_Szpilman
