Holocaust schindler

The Schindler

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  • Birth

    Schindler was born in Moravia, Brno, Czech Republic.

  • Work

    Shindler worked for his father selling farm equipment.

  • The Meaning Of His Name

    Schindler is a German surname that is derived from the German word "schindel" which means "shingle". This suggests that the original bearers of the name were in the roofing business. Variations and alternate spellings of the name include: Shindler, Schindel, and Schindelle.
  • This Is Schiendler now as we know it

    This Is Schiendler now as we know it

  • Married a woman

    He married a woman named Emilie who cause a lot of problems after they were together
  • Aging upon the years

    Aging upon the years

    Look at the difference he made in his lifetime.

  • Pro-Nazi Party

    He joined the pro- Nazi Sudeten German Party

  • His Young Life

    Frankfurt, Germany.
    German businessman.
    German businessman Oskar Schindler became an unlikely hero when he saved hundreds of Jews in Poland and Czechoslovakia from death at the hands of the Nazis during World War II (1939–45).

  • Schiendlar's life affiliations with the Jews

    Even if he was German, as a child, he had playmates who were sons of a rabbi. When he opened his own business in 1940, he employed a Jewish accountant named Itzhak Stern, who helped him communicate with the Jews at that time.

  • Shindler got arrested

    He was arrested for dealing in black market goods
  • His own words

    His own words

    This is one of his quotes his most famous words and acts were lead by this quote
  • Saved more than 1,000 Jews

    Saved more than 1,000 Jews

    The labor camps were becoming concentration camps, and Schindler felt the need to save people. So he wrote a list of Jews that were doing "necessary work". https://www.pinterest.com/pin/116319602853979197/

  • After the War

    Schindler suffered a series of business failures after the war. ... After this he fled to Buenos Aires in Argentina with his wife Emilie, his mistress and a dozen Schindler Jews. He settled down in 1949 as a farmer, supported financially by the Jewish organization Joint and thankful Jews, who never forgot him.

  • Death

    Died in Hildesheim, Germany at the age of 66. Buried in Mount Zion Roman Catholic Franciscan Cemetery.
  • His Grave

    His Grave

    This is how much people loved him and what he did for us he has an amazing grave it looks unique just like him

  • Dates

    January 1, 1920- October 9, 1974

  • Sources

    "The Oscar Schindler Story". Oskarschindler.com. N. p., 2017. Web. 20 Apr. 2017.
    "Oskar Schindler". Ushmm.org. N. p., 2017. Web. 20 Apr. 2017.
    Schindler, Oskar. "Oskar Schindler". Biography.com. N. p., 2017. Web. 20 Apr. 2017.
    "Oskar Schindler". Jewishvirtuallibrary.org. N. p., 2017. Web. 20 Apr. 2017.
    "‘Schindler’S List’ Is Everything That’S Wrong With American-Jewish Life". Tablet Magazine. N. p., 2011. Web. 20 Apr. 2017
    "Password Logon Page". Ic.galegroup.com. N. p., 2017. Web. 20 Apr. 2017.