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Oscar Schindler was born on the date of April 28, 1908
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In the year 1928, Emilie Pelzl became the spouse of Oscar Schindler.
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While serving in the Czech army, he attained rank of Lance corpralin the reserves.
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Oscar had joined the Nazi party in 1939, about 5 months after the German annexation of the Sudetenland.
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After the German invastion and occupation of Poland, he then moved to Krakow from Svitary.
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Germans had relocated from the Krakow ghetto just after the falling in March 1943 to the forced working camp. This later became a concentration camp.
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Oscar had left the Brunnlitz plant due to it going against his own beliefs in treating the Jewish people.
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He had permantly seperated from his former spouse but had not divorced from Emilie. He then returned to Germany alone.
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On the date of 1962, he had been awared the "Rightous Among the Nations" by Yad Vashem for the attempt to save Jews during the Holocaust.
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During the 70's, Oscar saw his last bit of light in Germany. At the time he was broke and almost unknown by the people of Germany.