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He was born in Svitavy (Zwittau), Moravia
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He stayed in Svitavy during the war and kept Czech citizenship after Moravia was incorporated into the newly established Czechoslovak Republic in 1918.
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He married Emilie Pelzl
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He began working with the Amt Auslands/Abwehr (Office of the Military Foreign Intelligence) of the German Armed Forces.
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He served in the Czechoslovak army and he held the rank of lance corporal in the reserves.
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He joined the Nazi Party five months after the German annexation of the Sudetenland.
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A enamelware manufacturer that was owned by a Jew converted its plant to establish the Deutsche Emalwarenfabrik Oskar Schindler (German Enamelware Factory Oskar Schindler), also known as Emalia.
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Yad Vashem awarded him the title "Righteous Among the Nations" for his efforts to save Jews during the Holocaust risking his own life.
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He died in Germany as a poor man that no one knew about.
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The United States Holocaust Memorial Council presented the Museum's Medal of Remembrance to him.
