Oskar Schindler

  • Birth

    Birth
    He was born in Svitavy, Moravia.
  • Joining the Nazi Party

    Joining the Nazi Party
    Five months after Germany annexation of Sudetenland, he joined the Nazi party
  • Moving...

    Moving...
    Schindler moved to Krakow from Svitavy, taking advantage of the German occupation program to aryanize and germinize Jewish owned and polish owned business.
  • 1,700 people

    1,700 people
    Schindler operated two factories and gave 1,700 people jobs and 1,000 of them were Jews. He made the work in armaments factory's.
  • Saving...

    During the liquidation of the kravow ghetto in March, 1943 he allowed the Jewish workers to stay over night.
  • Being smart...

    Being smart...
    Schindler persuaded the SS to convert Emilia into a subcamp of plazov
  • Being arrested

    Schindler was arrested 3 times because the police and the SS thought he was planning something
  • Red army

    Red army
    The Soviet Union liberated the concentration camps.
  • After the war

    Him and his wife settled in Regensburg, Germany.
  • Awarded

    Awarded
    Yad Vashen awarded Schindler the title righteous among the nation award, for saving all the people.
  • Death

    He died in Germany, penniless