Wladyslaw Szpilman

Wladyslak Szpilman was born in Sosnowiec, Congress Poland, Russian Empire. He had two sisters and one brother. He attended the distinguished Academy of Arts in Berlin. He later worked as a pianist and composer for the Polish Radio. He was a survivor of the Holocaust and was able to escape the grasps of the Nazis many times. He published a memoir that recounts his survival story of the Holocaust. He had also co-written a nonfiction book with well-known author Jerzy Waldorff called The Death of a City. He married Halina (Grzeznarowski) Szpilman and had one son with her. Wladyslak Szpilman later died in Warsaw, Poland on 6 July 2000 at the age of 88. After his death the Polish Radio Studio 1 was renamed to Wladyslaw Szpilman in his commemoration.