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Birth date
April 28, 1908 was the day Oskar Schindler was born in Svitavy (Zwittau), Moravia. -
Marriage date
In 1928, after he attended a few trade schools, he got married to his wife Emilie Pelzl. -
Armed forces
In 1936, he started working for the German Armed forces, specifically the Office of the Military Foregin Intellegence. -
Opening of his factories
He opened up factories that made ammunition, although only one of the factories employed Jews. In 1944 when the factory peaked it had more that 1,700 Jews working in it. He rescued all these Jews from concentration camps and brought them to his factories to work, but they were in better conditions then they were at camps. -
Sleep over
One night in March 1943 Schindler let all of his Jewish workers stay overnight in the factory. This was the night of the Krakow ghetto liquidation. -
Fleeing Germany
On May 9, 1945 Schindler and his wife left Germany. This was the same day that the soviets liberated the camp. -
Settling down
After stay in Regenseburg, Germany for some time they left in 1949 and immigrated to Argentina. -
Separation
Schindler and Emilie did not get a divorce but they were permanently separated. This happened sometime in the year of 1957 -
Award
Yad Vashmen gave Schindler the "Righteous Among the Nations" award for how he helped the Jews and everything he risked to save them. -
Death
Schindlers death was almost unknown and he died poor.
