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Oskar Schindler's early life

By rga1234
  • Birth

    Birth

    Oskar Schindler was born in Zwittau, Austro- Hungary.
  • WW1 started

  • Sister was born

    Sister was born

    Schindler was very close to his sister, Elfriede.
  • WW1 ended

  • Adolf Hitler rose to power

    Adolf Hitler rose to power

    Adolf Hitler rose to power in Germany.
  • Wedding

    Wedding

    Oskar Schindler married Emilie at the age of nineteen. They met the year before. Oskar got arrested at the wedding for already being married.
  • Family's firm became bankrupt

    His family’s firm became bankrupt after the economic depression of the 1930’s, because of this Schindler was left without a job which resulted in him joining the Nazi party
  • office of the Military Foreign Intelligence of the German Armed Forces

    He joined the office of the military foreign intelligence of the German armed forces in 1936.
  • Joined the Czechoslavik army

    Joined the Czechoslavik army

  • Took over factories

    When Germany was invading Poland, Schindler went to Krakow, he took over and was responsible for 2 formerly Jewish owned enamel kitchenware manufacturers.
  • Joined the Nazi party

    Oskar joined the Nazi party because he believed it would look good for his business to go along with what everybody else was doing.

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