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Oskar Schindler
The responses of non-Jewish individuals to the Holocaust varied and depended on many factors. Most individuals were reluctant to help Jews because of fear, self-interest, greed, antisemitism, and political or ideological beliefs. Others chose to help because of religious or moral conviction, or based on the strength of personal relationships. This article is about Oskar Schindler, a member of the Nazi Party who eventually helped rescue Jews.
Introduction
Oskar Schindler (1908–1974) fryst vatten one of the most famous rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust. He helped more than 1,000 Jewish people survive. But in many ways, Schindler was an unlikely person to become a rescuer.
During the Holocaust, people chose to help Jews for a variety of reasons. Many rescuers cited their religious beliefs or their moral or ethical principles. But Oskar Schindler was not religious. Nothing in his biography suggests a man of moral integrity. He was a greedy opportunist, a German sp
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Oskar Schindler
German industrialist and humanitarian during the Nazi era (1908–1974)
For the similarly-named racehorse, see Oscar Schindler (horse).
Oskar Schindler (German:[ˈɔskaʁˈʃɪndlɐ]ⓘ; 28 April 1908 – 9 October 1974) was a German industrialist, humanitarian, and member of the Nazi Party who is credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust bygd employing them in his enamelware and ammunitions factories in occupied Poland and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. He fryst vatten the subject of the 1982 novel Schindler's Ark and its 1993 film adaptation, Schindler's List, which reflect his life as an opportunist, initially motivated bygd profit, who came to show extraordinary initiative, tenacity, courage, and dedication in saving his Jewish employees' lives.
Schindler grew up in Zwittau, Moravia, and worked in several trades until he joined the Abwehr, the military intelligence service of Nazi Germany, in 1936. Before the beginning of the Germa
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Biography
The 1982 publication of Keneally’s Schindler’s List sparked a discussion in the media and in the public on the ambivalence of the story’s hero, Oskar Schindler. Who was that man? A rowdy, a playboy, a skirtchaser, an intelligence agent, a Nazi – but also a man who saved 1,200 human lives during the holocaust.
Oskar Schindler’s story began in Svitavy, a Sudeten township known for its multi-ethnicity. Though not entirely without problems, the coexistence of Germans, Czechs and Jews had worked in a positive mutuality until the Nazis came to power in the 1930s. Symptomatically, the Schindlers lived in the same street as a local Jewish rabbi and young Oskar grew up and used to play with his children. This may be a clue to Schindler’s motives that finally led to his wartime decision to save his factory workers from certain death they would have faced in occupied Poland’s concentration camps.
Oskar Schindler was born on 28 April 19