Władysław Szpilman and his family were forced to move into a 'Jewish quarter' – the Warsaw Ghetto – on 31 October 1940. Szpilman managed to find work as a musician to support his family, which included his mother, father, brother Henryk, and two sisters, Regina and Halina. He first worked at the Nowoczesna Cafe, where the patrons sometimes ignored his playing in ...