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Oskar Schindler


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skar Schindler was not a perfect man, but he will be remembered for his selfless service to the Jews he saved during the Nazi Holocaust. Before the war, Schindler was a womanizer and a poor businessman. He joined the Nazi party in Czechoslovakia before the Nazi invasion, and followed the Nazis into Poland, hoping to capitalize on the war. He took over an enamelware factory in Krakow, adjacent to the Jewish Ghetto, and there he employed Jews as a source of cheap labor. As time moved on, Schindler realized the horrific conditions in the Krakow ghetto and the massive deportations and killings going on. Through bribery and his connections, Schindler was able to preserve the lives of his Jewish workers. When the Plaszow concentration camp in Krakow was liquidated, he composed the “Schindler's List” with the names of his Jews that were to be transferred to a new factory in Bruennlitz. All of these Jews survived the war and honor Schindler as their savior during this dark time in history

Timeline

Birth- 28/04/1908
Svitavy, Moravia
Marriage- 1/01/1928-Ages: 66 - 20 years
Emilie Pelzl
To
1/01/1974
Schindler arrives in Krakow after Nazi occupation
1/09/1939
Schindler is arrested by the Gestapo but released
1/01/1941
Schindler arrested a second time for kissing a Jew
29/04/1942
Schindler opens his enamelware factory in Krakow
1/01/1940
Schindler family factory goes bankrupt
1/01/1935
Schindler begins employing Jews as forced labor
1/08/1940
Schindler joins the Nazi party
1/02/1939
Schindler joins the German military intelligence
1/01/1938
Schindler rescues several workers from deportation
3/06/1942
Plaszow becomes a concentration camp
1/01/1942
Emalia is ordered dismantled and all Jews deported
1/07/1944
300 of Schindler's Jews are sent to Auschwitz
1/09/1944
Schindler's Jews arrive from Auschwitz safely
1/11/1944
Schindler prepares the “Schindler's List”
1/01/1944
Schindler establishes a new factory at Bruennlitz
1/01/1944
Schindler's factory becomes sub-camp Emalia
1/08/1943
Schindler and his wife flee the Russian Army
1/05/1945
Schindler and his wife move to Argentina
1/01/1949
Jews present Schindler with a gold ring
8/05/1945
Schindler returns to Germany leaving his wife
1/01/1958
Schindler awarded the honor of Righteous Gentile
28/04/1962
Gender
Male

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Death- 9/10/1974-Age: 66 years
Frankfurt, Germany
Burial
Latin Cemetery, Mount Zion, Jerusalem

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