Trials And Tribulations Summary

Trials and Tribulations, A Pianists life in the Warsaw Ghetto, WWII Mr. Wladyslaw Szpilmans trials and tribulations as a young man living in the ghettos of Warsaw, Poland during World War II was nothing short of astounding. This man, without a doubt survived a horrific ordeal, where death was almost certain by the wrath of the German Army, and the Nazi’s hatred towards the Jewish citizens. His stunning and detailed accounts of human endurance are nothing short of remarkable, even in todays society. His testament, even though horrendous in some accounts, within the ghetto, and the Umschlagplatz, one can feel that they are right in the middle of the story as it is being told. No matter what problem Wladyslaw faced, he always reverted back to his music aspirations and dreams, playing piano pieces in is mind and even when there was no piano to play. This book clearly portrays an extraordinary account of a person’s desire to survive in the brutal and barbaric ghettos of

Considering the author wrote this book at the conclusion of the war and while he was resettling his life, not for humanity to understand but for himself to reflect on the past. (Szpilman 8) the flow of information displays a timeline of his accounts, more detailed as the story progresses. Each chapter as the war unfolds the author follows the paths of himself and his family as well as a few colleagues and friends and that they experienced. Starting with the rumors of a German invasion to the Polish Army draft, the occupation of Poland, the establishment of the Ghetto, the resettlement and execution of the Jewish population, the Jewish resistance and eventually the fall of the German Army to the Communist Soviet Union; which they, the Polish Jews, welcomed with open arms. All the while, Mr. Szpilman never retracted from his will and determination to maintain his presence in