Who were the gestapo
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What excuses do the Szpilman family make for staying in Poland during the Nazi invasion
Feb 22, 2023
By: harojared49
When the officer finds the narrator he asks him to -
May 14, 2022
By: drasheilamaestre
Why does the narrator have to move to new hiding places?
After Wladek leaves the other Jews, where must he go? *
Jan 18, 2022
By: morganlott109
After studying the actions of rescuers during genocide, Ervin Staub wrote: “Goodness, like evil, often begins in small steps. Heroes evolve; they aren’t born.” If goodness does indeed begin in small steps, what might that mean for the choices we make on a daily basis, even when we are not in the midst of a crisis? How do you define a hero?
Jun 15, 2021
By: lindaperalta0514
Describe the various ways that the Nazi regime in Poland deteriorated the rights and lives of the Jewish people.
Apr 14, 2021
By: lizm00047
What excuses do the Szpilman family make for staying in Poland during the Nazi invasion? Why do you think the Szpilman family did not flee Poland when they had the chance?
Why is the “Szpilman” family happy with Britain and France after the announcement?
Mar 16, 2021
By: nb998001039
What contrast in character do we see from the German captain Wilm Hosenfeld? Why do you think that is?
Feb 11, 2021
By: frankiehemlepp
How did regular ciHzens help Wladyslaw Szpilman survive the war, and more specifically, the Holocaust?
Jan 27, 2021
By: 01661fas
What excuses do the Szpilman family make for staying in Poland during the Nazi invasion? Why do you think the Szpilman family did not flee Poland when they had the chance? Would you have left?
May 26, 2020
By: 2007365twalker
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Szpilman worked as a pianist performing classical and jazz music. At the time of the German invasion of Poland he was a celebrity. Szpilman and his family residence apartment was already in the ghetto area.
May 27, 2020
By: Frankzee
How did you feel watching the movie, how did it affect you emotionally?
May 19, 2020
By: hebabd001
This movie connects emotionally with the audience. This movie is the attached with musicians struggle to live just to do what they love, art. This movie provides sobering sense of realism and will emotionally devastate.
May 20, 2020
By: HadiyaKausar
Discuss and explain what you’ve learned from watching The Pianist.
I specially appreciate this movie for portraying people as real as it gets. I learn from this movie is The Pianist Sacrifice and Identity. The ability one person to take away others’’ human rights and the notion of sacrificing.
What did you learn about the Gestapo?
Gestapo was the political police of Nazi Germany. The Gestapo operated without civil restraints. Their methods of dealing with anyone in ’’protective custody’’, Gestapo had a history of power struggles by those who wanted to control it and the power.
What do you think happened to the main character’s family, when they were separated from Wlad?
The main character Szpilmans have a large and comfortable flat in Warsaw which Wladyslaw shares with his mother and father, his sisters, and his brother. Wladyslaw’’s naivete is shattered when a German bomb rips. During the early stages of the Nazi occupation he is a respected artist. But after German grip tightens upon Poland, Wladyslaw and his family are selected for deportation to a Nazi concentration camp. afterwords he abandoned home to another home.
What are the Jewish citizens forced to wear on their sleeves? Why?
The Jews wore white patches with the Star of David on their sleeves. Nazis made them wear for identify Jewish. Jews were restricted from certain areas because of their religion (parks, restaurants, public benches, etc.)
Describe Wlad and his family.
Wlad worked as a pianist performing classical and jazz music. He first worked at the Nowoczesna Cafe. The main character Szpilmans have a large and comfortable flat in Warsaw which Wladyslaw shares with his mother and father, his sisters, and his brother. Wladyslaw’’s naivete is shattered when a German bomb rips. But after German grip tightens upon Poland, Wladyslaw and his family are selected for deportation to a Nazi concentration camp. afterwords he abandoned home to another home.
What excuses do the Szpilman family make for staying in Poland during the Nazi invasion?
May 05, 2020
By: sharris22
Wladyslaw Szpilman was a Jewish pianist living in Warsaw, Poland during World War II. He support his family, he worked as a pianist at a Café called Café Nowaczesna. at the time of deporting soldier catch him. and transfer to attic to hide in at 223 Niepoldleglosci, Warsaw for Captain Wilm Hosenfeld. He gives excuses for playing piano like His fingers were stiff and covered with dirt. He was rusty from lack of practice. His nails were uncut.
By: AhujaTara
What does the main character contemplate with constant German threats, while staying in the apartment on the German side of the wall? (Give an example if possible)
Mar 30, 2020
By: kmagggm
Szpilman contemplates whether he should escape and hide away from the nazi or stay and secretly live in the apartment while hearing all the bombs and threats.
Oct 24, 2021
By: rionkam2005