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Oskar Schindler was born in Svitavy.
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Schindler moved to Krakow after Germany's invasion of Poland
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Schindler opened two new factories, he hired roughly 1000 Jewish workers that lived in a near by ghetto.
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Schindler left Brünnlitz the day soviet troops liberated the camp
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After the SS relocated the Jewish workers from Emilia to Plaszow, Schindler moved his camp to Brünnlitz. It was here that he opened his factory exclusively as an armaments factory.
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Schindler compiled a list of 1,200 Jewish workers needed to run the factory, this list became known as Schinder's list.
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Schindler moved, with his wife, to Argentina after the war.
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Schindler was separated from his wife when he moved back to Germany alone, although they were not divorced.
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Schindler was awarded the righteous among nations award by Yad Vashem.
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Schindler died penniless, although those who he helped survive helped pay for a body transfer.