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He was born in Zwittau, Austria-Hungary
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marries Emilie Pelzl
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He was previously working for his father, Hans Schindler, but gets a new job at Moravian Electotechnic when his fathers business fails
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"the Night of Broken Glass" Jewish synogouges and shops destroyed by Nazis all thourghout Germany
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Jews from Krakow forced into Podgorze, which becomes a Jewish ghetto
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Goes to Budapest, Hungary to report on the situation of the Jews in Hungary
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Jews are moved to Plaszow concentration camp or Aushwitz
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Plaszow camp is closed, including Schindlers subcamp. Everyone, including those on the "List" are sent away. In the Fall he opens a munitions factory in Brinnlitz, Czecholovakia, using the workers from Plaszow
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Brinnlitz facroty gets 150 Jewish workers intended for a mine in Golleshau, Poland. They may have frozen to death
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Schindler, his wife, and some Jews flee to the American front
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The Brinnlitz muntitions factory was liberated by a single Russian soldeir on horseback
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Oskar and Emilie immigrate to Argentina
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Schindler leaves his wife and returns to Gernamy after the nutria-raising enterprise fails
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He is named one of the Righteous Among the Nations by Israel
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Schindler dies at is home in Frankfurt. He is buried in the Latin Cemetery in Jerusalem
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Speilberg's film Schindler's List is released. It is based on the book written by Thomas Keneally called Schindler's Ark. The movie wins the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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She dies at a hospital in Strausberg, Germany at the age of 93
