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The pianist : the extraordinary story of one man's survival in Warsaw, 1939-45 /

The pianist : the extraordinary story of one man's survival in Warsaw, 1939-45 / - 1st ed. - New York : Picador USA, - 221 pages ; 22 cm

Hour of the children and the mad -- War -- First Germans -- My father bows to the Germans -- Are you Jews? -- Fine gesture by Mrs K -- Anthill under threat -- Umschlagplatz -- Chance of life -- Marksmen arise! -- Majorek -- Trouble and strife next door -- In a burning building -- Death of a city -- Life for liquor -- Nocturne in C sharp minor -- Postscript -- Extracts from the Diary of Captain Wilm Hosenfeld --

A Jewish pianist's real-life account of survival in World War II Warsaw.

ISBN: 0312244150 9780312244156 0312263767 9780312263768 1552781429 9781552781425 9780312311353 0312311354

Standard No.: 9780312244156

LCCN: 99036033

Subjects--Personal Names:

Subjects--Meeting Names:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1939-1945
Geschichte 1940-1943

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Jews--Poland--Warsaw--Biography.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Warsaw--Personal narratives.
Jewish musicians--Poland--Warsaw--Biography.
Jewish musicians.
Jews.
Getto
Erlebnisbericht
Jews--Poland--Warsaw--Biography.
Jews.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Warsaw (Poland)--Biography.
Poland--Warsaw.
Warschau
Poland.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biographies.
Personal narratives.
Personal narratives.
Autobiographies.

LC Class. No.: DS135.P63 / S94713 1999

Dewey Class. No.: 940.53/18/092 B