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Oskar Schindler was born
Oskar Schindler was born in Svitavy, Morovia. -
Oskar joins the Nazi party
Oskar joined the Nazi party five months after the German annexation of the Sudetenland. -
Schindler moves
Schindler moves to the Krakow ghetto. -
Schindler opens a factory
Schindler opens a factory called Emalia that provided jobs for 1,700 people, 1,000 of them Jews. He also let people sleep in the factory so they wouldn't have to go through the suffers of the concentration camps. -
Krakow ghetto liquidated
The Krakow ghetto was liquidated to forced labor camps and later concentration camps. While this was happening, Schindler allowed the workers to sleep at the factory. -
Schindler persuades the SS
After Plaszow was designated as a concentration camp, Schindler persuaded the SS to convert his factory into a subcamp of Plaszow. He also let other Jews working in neighboring factories sleep in his factory. -
Schindler relocates
Schindler relocates his plant to Brünnlitz, Morovia after all the Emalia Jews were sent to Plaszow. -
Schindler leaves
Schindler left Brünnlitz the same day Soviet troops liberated Plaszow. -
Schindler dies
Schindler dies unknown by the public and without money. He's known better know since the movie and the book have came out. -
Schindler's list comes out
Steven Spielberg created a movie based on Oskar Schindler's life and his accomplishments. It was also based on a book about Schindler.