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Oskar Shindler was born on April 28, 1908 in Svitavy, Sudetenland.
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Oskar left school in 1924.
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Oskar joined a pro-Nazi organization and collected intelligence for the Germans in 1930.
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Oskar got arrested by Czech authorities for spying but released shortly afterward in 1938.
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Oscar Schindler left his wife and traveled to Krakow in 1939, hoping to profit for the war.
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In 1939, Oscar obtained a former Jewish enamelware factory to produce goods for the German military.
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In 1939,Schindler became a part of the black market as a job.
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By 1942, nearly half of his employees were Jewish and were known as Schindlerjuden (Schindler Jews).
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In 1942, Oscar argued that his workers were essential to the war effort.
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Starting out with 45 employees, the company grew to more than 1,700 at its peak in 1944.
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In 1944, Oscar moved his factory and was allowed to make a list of Jew workers he could bring with him, and he came up with 1,100 workers to bring.
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Schindler declared bankruptcy in 1957.
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Oscar died at the age of 66 in 1974 and his grave is in the Catholic cemetery in Mount Zion in Jerusalem.
