Oskar Schindler

Oskar Schindler (April 28, 1908 – October 9, 1974) was a Sudeten German industrialist. He was born in Zwittau, Moravia, Austria-Hungary and was a Roman Catholic.

Schindler was a member of the Nazi Party from 1939-1945. He saved almost 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust by letting them work in his enamelware and ammunitions factories. These were in what is known today as Poland and the Czech Republic.Oskar Schindler at Yad Vashem website 

He is the subject of the novel Schindler's Ark, and the movie based on it, Schindler's List. 

He died of liver failure in Hildesheim, West Germany. He is buried in the Catholic Cemetery on Mount Zion, Jerusalem.Encyclopedia of World Biography

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