Władysław Szpilman’s Poland: Between Art, War and Hope

/ mazurczak88

 

As part of its Community Read program, the Taylor Library recently promoted the classic memoir The Pianist by Władysław Szpilman. I recently gave a presentation on the life, legacy and music of Szpilman, as well as on the history of Poland and of Polish Jewry.

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