In his book The Pianist (Wladyslaw Szipilman) Szipilman is a well known pianist who shows off his talent at the local radio station in Warsaw. He comes from a Jewish family. In the beginning of the war he lived with his family in their flat. They decided not to move away from warsaw, but that they would stay and fight it out with the Germans. Soon the German forces were to much to handle and the Jewish people were put into the ghetto. Fortunatley, their flat was already in the area the ghetto was created. Eventually Szipilman was saved by an officer, but separated from his family and was on his own for awhile. He worked, starved, froze, endured heat, and went back and forth to hiding in the ghetto and also the other side of the fence. Many people worked to help him stay alive whenever they could. In the end it was all worth it whenever the Russians moved in and he could go back to his lifestyle of being a pianist, although he would never see his family again. The author shows a realistic idea of what the holocaust was like and what he himself actually endured. He shows what life was like during this time period of 1939 through 1945 and how it was a very sad and serious matter that should not be taken lightly. He details his account of survival in the Nazi-occupied city of Warsaw and how he managed to survive the horrors that were brought face to face with him every single day. He managed to survive this for 6 years while many people were sent away and lost their lives every day. It shows how one man was strong enough to live through all these struggling hardships that many others did not. He did not look at himself as weak. This is why he endured the pain til the end and made it out alive. He did not give up. He sought for care, food, shelter and water wherever he had to. He was not to be stopped unless a German killed him, in which they did not. He was smart and did what was necessary for survival during this hard period. Even though