Natalia Karp

Early life Natalia Karp was born to a Jewish family in Kraków, Grand Duchy of Kraków (now Poland), where she began learning piano at the age of four. At the age of thirteen, she moved to Berlin, and, by eighteen, she made her debut with the Berlin Philharmonic; however, she returned to Poland almost immediately due to the death of her mother, and married Julius Hubler, a lawyer who disapproved of her performing. She chose to play Chopin's Nocturne in C-sharp minor, and would in later years be known for her interpretations of his pieces. Eventually, she and her sister were sent to Auschwitz, but both survived the war. He talked of Natalia and ties the story to Jamila Kolonomos of the Republic of North Macedonia, which lost 98% of its Jewish population. Jamila also survived the war by hiding and then joining Tito's partisan resistance. Eighteen of her relatives were murdered.

Postwar career Following the war, Natalia resumed her musical studies, and married a Polish diplomat named Josef Karpf. Her other daughter is the actress Eve Karpf.