The pianist

Description:

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."

subjects: Biography,  Jews,  Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945),  Jewish musicians,  Personal narratives,  World War, 1939-1945,  Polish Personal narratives,  Genocide,  Large type books,  Juifs,  Biographies,  Holocauste, 1939-1945,  Récits personnels,  Musiciens juifs,  Jews, poland,  Jews, biography,  Holocaust, jewish (1939-1945), personal narratives,  Pianists, biography,  Warsaw (poland), history,  World war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, polish,  Poland, biography,  Diaries,  Pianists,  Institut "Otkrytoe obshchestvo" (Russia),  Open Society Institute (Budapest, Hungary),  Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst00958866,  Jewish pianists,  History,  Piano in literature,  Music in literature,  Recits personnels juifs,  Ghetto (1940-1943),  Ghetto de Varsovie (Varsovie, Pologne),  Shoah,  Guerre mondiale (1939-1945),  Relatos personales,  Judíos,  Holocausto judío (1939-1945),  Músicos judíos,  Biografía,  Recits personnels,  Ghetto,  Concert programs,  Specimens,  Polen,  Warszawa,  2. verdenskrig,  Jøder,  Jødeforfølgelse,  1940-1949

People: Władysław Szpilman,  W¿adys¿aw Szpilman

Places: Poland,  Warsaw,  Warsaw (Poland),  Pologne,  Varsovie (Pologne),  Varsovie,  Australia

Times: 1900-1945