But he survived among the ruins of his beloved city. The war cast Warsaw into the horror of occupation, the ghetto, the rounding up of the Jews, the uprising and the evacuation of the city-events that killed most of Szpilman's friends and all of his family. Later, a German bomb destroyed the power station, and Polish Radio went off the air. It was the last live music broadcast from Warsaw. On September 23, 1939, Szpilman, a Warsaw pianist, played Chopin's Nocturne in C Sharp Minor live on the radio, while German shells exploded outside-so loudly that he couldn't hear his piano. Postscript Extracts from the Diary of Captain Wilm Hosenfeld and Epilogue by Wolf Biermann: A Bridge Between Wladyslaw Szpilman and Wilm Hosenfeld, by Wolf Biermann. Includes Foreword by Andrzej Szpilman Chapters cover The Hour of the Children and the Mad War The First Germans My Father Bows to the Germans Are You Jews? Dancing in Chlodna Street A Fine Gesture by Mrs K An Anthill Under Threat The Umschlagplatz A Chance of Life 'Marksmen Arise! Majorek Trouble and Strife Next Door Szalas' Betrayal In a Burning Building Death of a City Life for Liquor and Nocturne in C sharp minor.
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