Captain Wilm Hosenfeld
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Captain Wilm Hosenfeld was a German Wehrmacht officer during World War II known for secretly helping and saving persecuted Jews, most notably Polish-Jewish pianist Władysław Szpilman, in Nazi-occupied Warsaw.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Captain Wilm Hosenfeld canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T994979 — 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: Captain Wilm Hosenfeld Context triple: [Thomas Kretschmann, portrayed, Captain Wilm Hosenfeld]
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Captain Ernst Vanselow
Captain Ernst Vanselow was a German naval officer who served as one of Germany’s representatives at the signing of the Armistice of 11 November 1918 that ended fighting in World War I.
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B.
Captain Englehorn
Captain Englehorn is the German skipper of the ship Venture in the King Kong franchise, known for transporting filmmaker Carl Denham to Skull Island.
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C.
Commander Judd
Commander Judd is a powerful and fanatical high-ranking official of Gilead’s theocratic regime in Margaret Atwood’s novel *The Testaments*.
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D.
Captain Frederick C. Bock
Captain Frederick C. Bock was a U.S. Army Air Forces pilot in World War II best known for commanding the B-29 bomber that conducted instrumentation and observation duties during the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
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E.
Chief Hancock
Chief Hancock was a prominent Native American leader of the Tuscarora people who played a central role in the early 18th-century Tuscarora War in colonial North Carolina.
- 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: Captain Wilm Hosenfeld Target entity description: Captain Wilm Hosenfeld was a German Wehrmacht officer during World War II known for secretly helping and saving persecuted Jews, most notably Polish-Jewish pianist Władysław Szpilman, in Nazi-occupied Warsaw.
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A.
Captain Ernst Vanselow
Captain Ernst Vanselow was a German naval officer who served as one of Germany’s representatives at the signing of the Armistice of 11 November 1918 that ended fighting in World War I.
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B.
Captain Englehorn
Captain Englehorn is the German skipper of the ship Venture in the King Kong franchise, known for transporting filmmaker Carl Denham to Skull Island.
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C.
Commander Judd
Commander Judd is a powerful and fanatical high-ranking official of Gilead’s theocratic regime in Margaret Atwood’s novel *The Testaments*.
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D.
Captain Frederick C. Bock
Captain Frederick C. Bock was a U.S. Army Air Forces pilot in World War II best known for commanding the B-29 bomber that conducted instrumentation and observation duties during the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
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E.
Chief Hancock
Chief Hancock was a prominent Native American leader of the Tuscarora people who played a central role in the early 18th-century Tuscarora War in colonial North Carolina.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German Army officer
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Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awarded | Righteous Among the Nations ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
ⓘ
linked to:
Order of Polonia Restituta
|
| causeOfDeath | consequences of imprisonment ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1895-05-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1952-08-13 ⓘ |
| detainedBy | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| educatedAt | teacher training college in Fulda ⓘ |
| employer | German Army ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName | Hosenfeld ⓘ |
| givenName | Wilhelm ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
military officer
ⓘ
teacher ⓘ |
| hasRole |
intelligence officer in Warsaw
ⓘ
sports officer in Warsaw garrison ⓘ |
| helpedRescue |
Władysław Szpilman
ⓘ
various anonymous Polish Jews ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | died in captivity ⓘ |
| memberOf |
German Army during World War II
ⓘ
linked to:
Wehrmacht
|
| militaryBranch | Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
Captain
ⓘ
Hauptmann ⓘ |
| notableFor |
helping Władysław Szpilman survive in Warsaw
ⓘ
rescuing persecuted Jews during the Holocaust ⓘ |
| notableWork | assistance to Jews documented in his diaries ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 5 ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Nazi atrocities
ⓘ
Nazi policies against Jews ⓘ |
| participantIn |
German occupation of Poland
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Nazi-occupied Poland
ⓘ
Warsaw ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Mackenzell, Hesse-Nassau, German Empire ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Stalingrad region, Soviet Union
ⓘ
linked to:
Stalingrad area
|
| portrayedBy | Thomas Kretschmann ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
The Pianist (2002 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Pianist
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| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Thuringia (before the war)
ⓘ
linked to:
Thuringia
Warsaw (during World War II) ⓘ
linked to:
Warsaw
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Annemarie Krummacher ⓘ |
| wrote | wartime diaries ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Captain Wilm Hosenfeld Description of subject: Captain Wilm Hosenfeld was a German Wehrmacht officer during World War II known for secretly helping and saving persecuted Jews, most notably Polish-Jewish pianist Władysław Szpilman, in Nazi-occupied Warsaw.
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