Oskar Schindler: Father Of The Holocaust

Oskar Schindler During one of the worst moments in history God will still make amazing heroes. Oskar Schindler, a boy who grew up in a catholic family, worked for his father’s farming equipment business as a child. Oskar Schindler was a German Nazi during WWII. Oskar soon realized, the horrific acts of the Nazis and began a refuge place for Jews facing persecution from the Hitler regime. Schindler ran a camp where he would try his best to protect the Jews.

Oskar Schindler was born on April 28, 1908 in the city of Zuittau, Moravia. Schindler grew up in a catholic family as a child. He worked on his father’s farming business for many years. Schindler mother, Louisa, was a homemaker. His family was very wealthy but would go bankrupt during

He decided to put his life at risk to save as many lives as possible. He ran a factory that was a sub camp at Plaszow. He was later moved Brünnlitz, where he made a list containing 1,200 Jews who would be stationed there. No one would be let in to the factory without permission from Schindler him self.His factory produced ammunition. Schindler would do anything to save and protect his workers. He would spend millions just bribing the SS officers to rescue the Jews. Schindler would have to buy their food off the black market. The food served at the factory as many calories as 2000 rather then 900 at the other death camps. At Schindler’s factory no one was hit, and no one would be murdered, unlike the other death camps. One of the hardest parts about it all was Schindler had to keep the whole mission a secret. If he were to be caught he would immediately be executed. During the process of this plan he was arrested by the Gestapo twice but was released because of connections. By a mistake one day 300 schindler women were routed on a train to Auschwitz. They shaved their hair and were immediately sent to the showers, only hoping schindler would save them. The very next moment they here “What are you doing with my people? These are my people!” Schindler proclaimed. They were then brought back to Schindler factory. Schindler left Brünnlitz on may 9, 1945, when the Soviet troops liberated the