Oskar Schindler by Haakon Anderson

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Oskar Schindler

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By: Austin B., Grace W., and Haakon A.

Oskar bought three factories for economic opportunity in 1939
At Emalia, his factory in Krakow, he hired hundreds of Jews from the nearby Kraków Ghetto, letting them sleep at the factories to save them from being sent to camps
The factory was making big profits by making supplies for the German army

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Oskar decided to take good care of the Jews because of the recent oppression in Europe
Many of his workers were sent to concentration camps, but Oskar persuaded the Nazis to let 1,100 Jews work for him, saving them from death

Oskar was persistent because he was arrested three times under suspicion , but was never charged, because they didn't have evidence
In result of Oskar’s contributions he received the “Righteous Among the Nations”* award in 1962 and the “Holocaust Memorial Museum Medal of Remembrance” ** in 1993, after he had passed away.
Oskar was an unspoken hero when he died, because he didn't have much money and not many people knew him after the war had ended
* “Righteous Among the Nations” - Awarded to non-Jews by Israel's Holocaust Memorial, Yad Vashem, for their brave assistance to help Jews ** “Holocaust Memorial Museum Medal of Remembrance” - An extremely rare medal given to the people who did heroic acts during the Holocaust

Oskar Schindler was a war profiteer, womanizer, and Nazi Party member with a huge ego and a playboy personality.
He had two older siblings, a brother and a sister who he had the privilege of going to school with.

1908, April 28 - He was born in what is known today as the Czech Republic.
1924 - Oskar left school and started to do random jobs including working for his dad.
1928 - Oskar married Emilie Pelzl and was eventually called into the military.
1930's - His fathers business failed due to the economic depression.

He first worked with the office of the Military Foreign intelligence five months after the Germans invaded Poland in which after he joined the Nazi Party
After he joined he then saved 1000 Jewish people to work for him.
The people he saved came from Auschwitz
In October of 1944 the SS moved the Emalia Jews to Plaszow, Schindler relocated to reopen and make armaments.

For the Jews that got to go to the new factory was named Schindler's List which had over 1200 Jews.
But before people could work there he had to meet special requirements by the SS to make Brünnlitz a concentration camp