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His birth
He was born in Svitavy (Zwittau), Moravia -
Citizenship
He stayed in Svitavy during the war and kept Czech citizenship after Moravia was incorporated into the newly established Czechoslovak Republic in 1918. -
Marriage
He married Emilie Pelzl -
Change of work
He began working with the Amt Auslands/Abwehr (Office of the Military Foreign Intelligence) of the German Armed Forces. -
Army
He served in the Czechoslovak army and he held the rank of lance corporal in the reserves. -
Becoming a Nazi
He joined the Nazi Party five months after the German annexation of the Sudetenland. -
Change to the business side of work
A enamelware manufacturer that was owned by a Jew converted its plant to establish the Deutsche Emalwarenfabrik Oskar Schindler (German Enamelware Factory Oskar Schindler), also known as Emalia. -
Award
Yad Vashem awarded him the title "Righteous Among the Nations" for his efforts to save Jews during the Holocaust risking his own life. -
His death
He died in Germany as a poor man that no one knew about. -
Remembrance medal
The United States Holocaust Memorial Council presented the Museum's Medal of Remembrance to him.
