Oskar Schindler was a German industrialist who, aided by his wife and staff, sheltered approximately 1,100 Jews from the Nazis by employing them in his factories, which supplied the German army during World War II.
Oskar Schindler was an opportunist, a German spy, and a member of the Nazi Party. He came to German-occupied Kraków in 1939 to try to get rich. Schindler helped over 1,000 Jews survive the Holocaust. Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-winning film Schindler’s List (1993) made Oskar Schindler a household name.
German industrialist Oskar Schindler is well known today (thanks to a 1993 Steven Spielberg movie) for saving the lives of more than 1,000 of his Jewish employees during the Holocaust. However,...
Oskar Schindler, a German Righteous Among the Nations. His status and close relationship with the occupying authorities helped him to save hundreds of Jews by employing them in factories he ran. Oskar Schindler was born on at Zwittau/Moravia (today in the Czech Republic).
Oskar Schindler was a German industrialist, former member of the Nazi Party and possibly the most famous "Righteous Gentile" who is credited with saving as many as 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust.
Oskar Schindler was a German industrialist during World War II who sheltered approximately 1,100 Jews from the Nazis by employing them in his factories.
Oskar Schindler was no saint. A womanizer, drinker, and opportunist who joined the Nazi Party for profit, he seemed destined for infamy — not heroism. But when the Nazis turned to mass murder, Schindler turned his cunning against them.
Oskar Schindler wasn’t who you think he was - St. Louis Jewish Light