Wilm Hosenfeld
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Wilm Hosenfeld was a German Wehrmacht officer known for secretly helping and ultimately saving Polish Jews, most famously the pianist Władysław Szpilman, during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wilm Hosenfeld canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5187524 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wilm Hosenfeld Context triple: [The Pianist, notableCharacter, Wilm Hosenfeld]
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A.
George Boemler
George Boemler was a film editor known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the musical comedy "High Society."
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B.
Walter Naegle
Walter Naegle is an American activist and archivist best known as the longtime partner and estate executor of civil rights leader Bayard Rustin.
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C.
Fred F. Finklehoffe
Fred F. Finklehoffe was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work on classic Hollywood films and collaborations with major studios during the 1940s.
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D.
Norman Bluhm
Norman Bluhm was an American abstract expressionist painter known for his dynamic, gestural canvases that bridged action painting and lyrical abstraction.
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E.
Albert Maltz
Albert Maltz was an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter, best known as one of the Hollywood Ten who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era for his alleged communist affiliations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wilm Hosenfeld Target entity description: Wilm Hosenfeld was a German Wehrmacht officer known for secretly helping and ultimately saving Polish Jews, most famously the pianist Władysław Szpilman, during World War II.
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A.
George Boemler
George Boemler was a film editor known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the musical comedy "High Society."
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B.
Walter Naegle
Walter Naegle is an American activist and archivist best known as the longtime partner and estate executor of civil rights leader Bayard Rustin.
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C.
Fred F. Finklehoffe
Fred F. Finklehoffe was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work on classic Hollywood films and collaborations with major studios during the 1940s.
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D.
Norman Bluhm
Norman Bluhm was an American abstract expressionist painter known for his dynamic, gestural canvases that bridged action painting and lyrical abstraction.
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E.
Albert Maltz
Albert Maltz was an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter, best known as one of the Hollywood Ten who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era for his alleged communist affiliations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German Army officer
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Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ Wehrmacht officer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Wilhelm Adalbert Hosenfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAccountOf | memoir "The Pianist" by Władysław Szpilman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthCountry | German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1895-05-02 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Mackenzell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | consequences of imprisonment in Soviet captivity ⓘ |
| citizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfService | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathCountry | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1952-08-13 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Stalingrad prisoner-of-war camp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| detainedBy | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Hosenfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Wilhelm ⓘ |
| helpedRescue |
Polish Jews in Warsaw
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Władysław Szpilman NERFINISHED ⓘ other persecuted Poles ⓘ |
| ideology | initially supported National Socialism ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | German ⓘ |
| laterOpposed | Nazi crimes against Jews and Poles ⓘ |
| memberOf | German Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Hauptmann ⓘ |
| moralStance | expressed remorse for Nazi atrocities in his diaries ⓘ |
| name | Wilm Hosenfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | German ⓘ |
| notableFor |
helping Władysław Szpilman survive in Warsaw
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saving Polish Jews during the Holocaust ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 5 ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
General Government (Nazi-occupied Poland)
NERFINISHED
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Warsaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Thomas Kretschmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | film "The Pianist" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residenceDuringWar | Warsaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Annmarie Hosenfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| witnessed | persecution of Jews in Warsaw ⓘ |
| wrote | diaries about life in occupied Poland ⓘ |
| yearOfYadVashemRecognition | 2009 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Wilm Hosenfeld Description of subject: Wilm Hosenfeld was a German Wehrmacht officer known for secretly helping and ultimately saving Polish Jews, most famously the pianist Władysław Szpilman, during World War II.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Wilm Hosenfeld