Early life of Oskar Schindler:
Oskar Schindler was born on April 28, 1908 in Zwittau, Moravia, a German-speaking community in Sutenland.He grew up Catholic and worked for his father in the family farm-machinery factory. He studied grammar and engineering and was expected to take his fathers role at the factory when it was time. When he came of age Schindler joined Konrad Henlein's Sudetan German Party, which was strongly pro-Nazi. He married in 1928 at age nineteen to Emilie Schindler. Schindler always kept a few mistresses and drank endlessy.He may have grown up Catholic, but his life certainly didn't show it. His father did not approve of Schindler's lifestyle. Oskar Schindler and his father fought endlessly until Schindler quit his family job at the factory and left home. He was hired as a sales clerk at a utility company. His company required him to travel to Poland often and soon became fond of one of its cities, Krakow. Before the invasion of Poland Krakow was an oasis for Jewish cultures. Schindler was surrounded by the Jewish religion, but never interacted with any Jewish people or developeda particular fondness for Jewish people at all.
In 1935 German intelligence officers struck a deal with Schindler. Schindler was to supply the Germans with a constant stream of information on the Polish military's movements in exchange for not having to serve in the German military. German invaded Poland in October 1939. Schindler made friends with powerful SS officials through bribes and black-market swindles. These connections provided him with an enamelware factory in Krakow. He hired Jews because they were the cheapest labor around. One of every three workers in Schindler's factory were from the Krakow ghetto. The story of Schindler's list:
In December 1939 Nazis started cracking down on Jewish rights and privileges. Any Jews that were not needed were sent to concentration camps to be liquidated. Schindler couldn't have the Nazis taking his workers so he bribed SS officials into making his factory a sub-camp of Auschwitz. After hearing about, and seeing with his own eyes, the treatment of the Jews in the camps something changed inside him. He made it his personal goal to save as many Jews from the concentration camps as possible. He even put his own money and life on the line for them. Schindler added an armaments section to his factory to produce ammunition for the German army. Schindler made sure that his arms factory did not produce one crate of useable ammo. The ammo was made defective on purpose. By lying and swindling, Schindler was able to come up with fake statistics of amounts of ammunition being produced. Because of all these changes, the factory was deemed "essential" to the war effort by the Nazis.
The Nazis started growing suspicious of Schindler's motives. They arrested him several but were never able to charge him with anything. In 1942 the Jews in the Krakow ghetto were moved to to labor camps. They took some of Schindler's workers. Upon hearing about this Schindler rushed to the train station and freed them. The next month, an SS commander, Amon Goeth, took control of the nearby Plaszow labor camp. Goeth was ruthless and would not stop until every one of Schindler's Jews were either dead or in a labor camp. Through many bribes, Schindler was able to convince Goeth to let his factory become a sub-camp of Plaszow. Schindler took good care of his workers, feeding them well. In 1943 Plaszow was deemed a concentration camp. The SS took Schindler's Jews to the camp. The Russian front was closing in so all the Jews at Plazsow were evacuated to extermination camps. Schindler was enraged. He bribed Amon Goeth out of his own money to let him move his camp to Brnenec, Moravia. Schindler and his Jewish accountant, Idek, made a list of over 1,100 Jews that would come to the camp. This list became known as the famous Schindler's list.
In 1944 Nazi power began to diminish. In 1945 the war was over. The Schindlers left the factory a few days before the Russians liberated the camp. Results of Oskar Schindler's actions:
Schindler's actions saved 1,400 Jewish lives from liquidation. In 1949 Schindler took what little money he had and moved to a farm in Argentina with his wife. Schindler was completely bankrupt. Things weren't working out between Emilie and Oskar Schindler so Schindler moved back to Germany without his wife in 1957. They were not divorced, only seperated. In 1961 Schindler felt moved to visit Israel and was greeted joyfully by 230 survivors. This was the first of seventeen trips to Israel. Schindler's workers were very kind to him and took very good care of him. In 1962 Schindler was awarded the "Righteous Among Nations" for his effort to save his workers in WWII. Schindler died on October 1974 poor and lonely. It was not until 1993 that Schindler was really recognized for his valiant action in WWII. The Holocaust Memorial council awarded Schindler the Museum's Medal of Remembrance. This rarely awarded medal is given for amazing deeds done during the Holocaust and similar times. Emilie Schindler accepted the medal on behalf of her late husband, Oskar Schindler.
In 1993 Steven Spielberg directed a film Schindler's List, based on a novel written in 1983 by Thomas Keneally. The movie won best picture and was nominated for many other Academy Awards. Schindler's life can give everyone hope that even a drinking, cheating, swindling businessman can change heart and save many lives.
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Early life of Oskar Schindler:
Oskar Schindler was born on April 28, 1908 in Zwittau, Moravia, a German-speaking community in Sutenland.He grew up Catholic and worked for his father in the family farm-machinery factory. He studied grammar and engineering and was expected to take his fathers role at the factory when it was time. When he came of age Schindler joined Konrad Henlein's Sudetan German Party, which was strongly pro-Nazi. He married in 1928 at age nineteen to Emilie Schindler. Schindler always kept a few mistresses and drank endlessy.He may have grown up Catholic, but his life certainly didn't show it. His father did not approve of Schindler's lifestyle. Oskar Schindler and his father fought endlessly until Schindler quit his family job at the factory and left home. He was hired as a sales clerk at a utility company. His company required him to travel to Poland often and soon became fond of one of its cities, Krakow. Before the invasion of Poland Krakow was an oasis for Jewish cultures. Schindler was surrounded by the Jewish religion, but never interacted with any Jewish people or developeda particular fondness for Jewish people at all.
In 1935 German intelligence officers struck a deal with Schindler. Schindler was to supply the Germans with a constant stream of information on the Polish military's movements in exchange for not having to serve in the German military. German invaded Poland in October 1939. Schindler made friends with powerful SS officials through bribes and black-market swindles. These connections provided him with an enamelware factory in Krakow. He hired Jews because they were the cheapest labor around. One of every three workers in Schindler's factory were from the Krakow ghetto.
The story of Schindler's list:
In December 1939 Nazis started cracking down on Jewish rights and privileges. Any Jews that were not needed were sent to concentration camps to be liquidated. Schindler couldn't have the Nazis taking his workers so he bribed SS officials into making his factory a sub-camp of Auschwitz. After hearing about, and seeing with his own eyes, the treatment of the Jews in the camps something changed inside him. He made it his personal goal to save as many Jews from the concentration camps as possible. He even put his own money and life on the line for them. Schindler added an armaments section to his factory to produce ammunition for the German army. Schindler made sure that his arms factory did not produce one crate of useable ammo. The ammo was made defective on purpose. By lying and swindling, Schindler was able to come up with fake statistics of amounts of ammunition being produced. Because of all these changes, the factory was deemed "essential" to the war effort by the Nazis.
The Nazis started growing suspicious of Schindler's motives. They arrested him several but were never able to charge him with anything. In 1942 the Jews in the Krakow ghetto were moved to to labor camps. They took some of Schindler's workers. Upon hearing about this Schindler rushed to the train station and freed them. The next month, an SS commander, Amon Goeth, took control of the nearby Plaszow labor camp. Goeth was ruthless and would not stop until every one of Schindler's Jews were either dead or in a labor camp. Through many bribes, Schindler was able to convince Goeth to let his factory become a sub-camp of Plaszow. Schindler took good care of his workers, feeding them well. In 1943 Plaszow was deemed a concentration camp. The SS took Schindler's Jews to the camp. The Russian front was closing in so all the Jews at Plazsow were evacuated to extermination camps. Schindler was enraged. He bribed Amon Goeth out of his own money to let him move his camp to Brnenec, Moravia. Schindler and his Jewish accountant, Idek, made a list of over 1,100 Jews that would come to the camp. This list became known as the famous Schindler's list.
In 1944 Nazi power began to diminish. In 1945 the war was over. The Schindlers left the factory a few days before the Russians liberated the camp.
Results of Oskar Schindler's actions:
Schindler's actions saved 1,400 Jewish lives from liquidation. In 1949 Schindler took what little money he had and moved to a farm in Argentina with his wife. Schindler was completely bankrupt. Things weren't working out between Emilie and Oskar Schindler so Schindler moved back to Germany without his wife in 1957. They were not divorced, only seperated. In 1961 Schindler felt moved to visit Israel and was greeted joyfully by 230 survivors. This was the first of seventeen trips to Israel. Schindler's workers were very kind to him and took very good care of him. In 1962 Schindler was awarded the "Righteous Among Nations" for his effort to save his workers in WWII. Schindler died on October 1974 poor and lonely. It was not until 1993 that Schindler was really recognized for his valiant action in WWII. The Holocaust Memorial council awarded Schindler the Museum's Medal of Remembrance. This rarely awarded medal is given for amazing deeds done during the Holocaust and similar times. Emilie Schindler accepted the medal on behalf of her late husband, Oskar Schindler.
In 1993 Steven Spielberg directed a film Schindler's List, based on a novel written in 1983 by Thomas Keneally. The movie won best picture and was nominated for many other Academy Awards. Schindler's life can give everyone hope that even a drinking, cheating, swindling businessman can change heart and save many lives.