Who would think that a gambling, drinking, impartial person would save the lives of 1,100 Jews in the Holocaust? No one. Such a person was like this and saved hundreds of Jews. Oskar Schindler wasn’t recognized until the 1980s, when a novel and movie highlighted his actions during the genocide. Oskar Schindler destroyed assumptions about bystanders during WW2, hopefully many will learn from his story so that they can change the future.
Well known from the movie “Schindler's List”, Oskar Schindler is still remembered to this day for saving 1,100-1,200 Jews during the holocaust. Schindler was born on April 28th, 1908 into a German Catholic family. He was raised by his father Hans Schindler and his mother Franziska Luser. He was the only child until his parents had his sister Elfriede Schindler seven years later in 1915.
His father manufactured farm equipment and his mom was a housewife, which was common during that time. Both him and his sister went to a German school where Oscar was a popular but not a studious student. He didn’t go to college and instead went to a trade
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It was in 1928 when he married his wife Emilia Schindler. He was later called into the military service for the Czech Republic. After his service he went back to his father’s company until the Great Depression. During the Great Depression, Adolf Hitler began to rise. Promising great victory, money, food, and nationalism Hitler rose, and Schindler saw opportunity. Schindler joined a pro-Nazi group and collected intelligence for Germany’s military. In 1938 he was caught by officials in the Czech Republic and was sentenced to death. He was released after Germany annexed the Czech Republic in March of 1939. When Germany started WWII by invading Poland, Schindler saw this as a business opportunity and moved to Krakow, Poland. He became involved in to black market to make a quick buck so he could bribe high German officers and