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The Real Life of Oskar Schindler
« on: March 05, 2013, 05:40:05 PM »
RIGHTEOUS AMONG THE NATIONS: The Real Life of Oskar Schindler


Saviour: Oskar Schindler saved 1,200 of his Jewish workers during the Holocaust

Oskar Schindler was an ethnic German born in what is now the Czech Republic, in 1908.

A businessman, he saw the opportunities in profiting from the German invasion of Poland and bought an enamelware factory in Krakow.

He was a member of the Nazi party and mingled with the SS elite in the city.

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Re: The Real Life of Oskar Schindler
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2013, 05:46:34 PM »
He employed a large number of Jewish workers in his factory, mainly due to the lower costs of employing Jews after the German invasion.

After witnessing a raid during the liquidation of the Krakow ghetto, Oskar Schindler was shocked to find many of his employees murdered and created his legendary list of 'Schindlerjuden' (Schindler's Jews) to be spared from deportation to work in his factory.

It was made possible thanks to his German-speaking Jewish accountant Itzhak Stern and Schindler's close relationships with high-ranking SS officers in Krakow.


Oskar Schindler enamel factory in Kraków (Poland)

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Re: The Real Life of Oskar Schindler
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2013, 05:56:12 PM »

Oskar Schindler (center) with some of his Jewish workers at the Krakow enamel factory around 1943

As the Holocaust continued Schindler used his lists to protect the over 1,200 workers and their families on his list.

He would go out of his way to convince SS inspectors that women, children and even the disabled were essential workers in his factory to spare them from being sent to the camps.

Having spent his fortune on bribes and black-market wares to for his workers, a destitute Schindler and his wife fled to Austria after the war.

He died, penniless, in Germany in 1974 at the age of 66, and was buried in Jerusalem. His grave carries the Hebrew inscription 'Righteous among the Nations'.

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Re: The Real Life of Oskar Schindler
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2013, 06:07:14 PM »



Oskar Schindler poses next to the tree he planted on the Avenue of the Righteous Among the Nations at Yad Vashem. Photo Credit: Leopold Page Photographic Collection, courtesy of USHMM Photo Archive, 1970, Jerusalem.


Oskar & Emilie Schindler tree, Avenue of the Righteous Among the Nations, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem

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Re: The Real Life of Oskar Schindler
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2013, 06:14:12 PM »



This memorial plaque is attached to the outer wall of Oskar Schindler's former emalia (enamel) factory and commemorates this exceptional German man who saved the lifes of 1200 jews during the Second World War.

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Re: The Real Life of Oskar Schindler
« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2013, 06:22:40 PM »



Jewish workers Of Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory At Ul. Lipowa 4 In Krakow, Poland

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Re: The Real Life of Oskar Schindler
« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2013, 06:36:09 PM »

Schindler's List
General description:  The ITS is in possession of a list of 1000 Jewish prisoners (700 male and 300 female) who worked for Oskar Schindler as forced labourers.  It was compiled by former camp stenographer Mieczyslaw Pemper upon the prisoners´ arrival October 21, 1944 at Schindler´s Brünnlitz factory.  Pemper personally presented the list to the ITS in 1958.


Oskar Schindler (28 April 1908 – 9 October 1974)

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Re: The Real Life of Oskar Schindler
« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2013, 06:48:47 PM »
In 1971, Schindler moved to live with friends at Goettingstrasse Nr. 30 in Hildesheim. Due to a heart complaint he was taken to the Saint Bernward Hospital in Hildesheim on 12 September 1974, where he died on 9 October 1974, at the age of 66. At the time of his death, he was surrounded by friends and family. He died penniless; the costs for his stay in the hospital were paid from social welfare of the city of Hildesheim. (wikipedia)

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Re: The Real Life of Oskar Schindler
« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2013, 06:51:22 PM »
Schindler wanted to be buried in Jerusalem, as he said, "My children are here".  After a Requiem Mass, Schindler was buried at the Catholic Franciscans' cemetery on Mount Zion, the only member of the Nazi Party to be honoured in this way. A sign at the entrance to the cemetery directs visitors "To Oskar Schindler's Grave". (wikipedia)



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Re: The Real Life of Oskar Schindler
« Reply #9 on: March 05, 2013, 07:09:36 PM »
Oskar Schindler's final resting place

Schindler's grave is located on the mountainside below Zion Gate and the Old City walls. Stones placed on top of the grave are a sign of gratitude from Jewish visitors, according to Jewish tradition, although Schindler himself was not Jewish. On his grave, the Hebrew inscription reads: "Righteous among the Nations", an honorific used by the State of Israel to describe non-Jews who risked their lives during the Holocaust to save Jews from extermination by the Nazis. The German inscription reads: "The Unforgettable Lifesaver of 1200 Persecuted Jews". (wikipedia)


"Righteous among the Nations"


"The Unforgettable Lifesaver of 1200 Persecuted Jews"

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Re: The Real Life of Oskar Schindler
« Reply #10 on: March 05, 2013, 07:18:14 PM »
He was quoted as saying "I knew the people who worked for me... When you know people, you have to behave towards them like human beings."

The writer Herbert Steinhouse, who interviewed Schindler in 1948 at the behest of some of the surviving Schindlerjuden (Schindler's Jews), wrote:

    "Oskar Schindler's exceptional deeds stemmed from just that elementary sense of decency and humanity that our sophisticated age seldom sincerely believes in. A repentant opportunist saw the light and rebelled against the sadism and vile criminality all around him. The inference may be disappointingly simple, especially for all amateur psychoanalysts who would prefer the deeper and more mysterious motive that may, if it is true, still lie unprobed and unappreciated. But an hour with Oskar Schindler encourages belief in the simple answer." (wikipedia)


Emilie Schindler receives the Righteous award


Survivors saved by Schindler and their families near Schindler’s grave during the filming of Spielberg’s “Schindler’s List”, Jerusalem

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Re: The Real Life of Oskar Schindler
« Reply #11 on: March 05, 2013, 11:36:09 PM »
addendum: there was this less known hero connected to schindler's list...


Mieczysław "Mietek" Pemper (24 March 1920 – 7 June 2011)

[Mietek Pemper] was assigned as the personal secretary and stenographer to Amon Göth {the notorious commandant of Płaszów, a Nazi labor and concentration camp in Poland) due to his previous work at the Kraków Ghetto's Judenrat.

Pemper's position as Göth's assistant gave him rare access to documents sent to Göth from Nazi authorities. By working in Göth's office, Pemper also became an acquaintance of Oskar Schindler, an ethnic German businessman and industrialist with ties to the black market. (wikipedia)


Mietek Pemper, circa 1940s

Itzhak Stern, an accountant and Pemper's closest friend in Göth's office, persuaded Pemper that Schindler could be trusted. (wikipedia)

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Re: The Real Life of Oskar Schindler
« Reply #12 on: March 06, 2013, 12:11:18 AM »
Pemper helped collaborate the now famous "Schindler's List" to save as many Jewish workers as possible.


Pemper in 1938

Pemper, in collaboration with Schindler and others in the Płaszów concentration camp including Itzhak Stern, compiled and typed the list of over 1,000 Jewish inmates deemed "decisive for the Nazi war effort". (wikipedia)

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Re: The Real Life of Oskar Schindler
« Reply #13 on: March 06, 2013, 12:12:32 AM »
Many on the list were personal Jewish workers for Schindler with additional names added just before the transport. Those on the list, including Pemper himself, were transferred to Schindler's new grenade factory located in Bruennlitz, Czechoslovakia, in October 1944. This transfer ended up saving the lives of those who were put on the list.


Jakob Pemper (Father), Regina Pemper (his mother), and Mietek Pemper

Schindler also included Pemper's father, mother and brother on the list. Pemper's mother Regina didn't make it to the new factory in Bruennlitz, because of her illness; she was left behind in Auschwitz and later liberated when the war had ended. (wikipedia)

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Re: The Real Life of Oskar Schindler
« Reply #14 on: March 06, 2013, 12:24:07 AM »
At the end of the war, Oskar Schindler presented a speech to his Jewish factory workers stating: "Don’t thank me for your survival...Thank your valiant Stern and Pemper, who stared death in the face constantly."


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Pemper testified against Amon Göth at his September 1946 trial in Kraków, Poland, following the end of the war.


Pemper on the witness stand at Goeth's trial


He served as a consultant for Steven Spielberg's 1993 film, Schindler's List.


Pemper was portrayed by actor Grzegorz Kwas in the film.

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