Oskar Schindler spent over $1.5 million in bribes to protect his Jewish workers during the Holocaust. He made his fortune from his enamelware and ammunitions businesses.
Schindler's Ark by Thomas Kenally
he couldent of been caught the nazis knew he had jews they just thought they where slaves
In early 1944, however, Plaszow's designation was changed from that of a labor camp to a concentration camp. This meant that its prisoners were suddenly marked for transport to death camps such as Auschwitz. Then came word in the summer that the main camp was to be closed as well as Schindler's factory. Schindler approached Goeth about moving his factory and his workers to Czechoslovakia so that they might continue to supply the Third Reich (Hitler's army) with vital war supplies. After another bribe, the SS officer agreed to throw his support behind the plan and told Schindler to draw up a list of those people he wanted to take with him. Schindler was now faced with the task of choosing those he wanted to save-literally a matter of life and death. Schindler came up with a list containing some eleven hundred names, including all the employees of Emalia Camp and a number of others as well
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because of the responsibility that it would put on him.
Because he disagreed with Hitler. He didn't want to let those people die.
Oskar was definitely not a bad guy
at the beginning of the story he is against the Jews but he learns how mistreated the Jews were and saves 1200 Jews by using his factory as a safe place
or as the Jews called the paradise.
This is definitely true, but he was also immoral in a lot of ways. He drunk ALOT, and he cheated on his wife many times. Of course this does not make him a bad guy because he did more good things then he did bad, but he did do some bad things in his life.
Through out his wonderful life, Oskar Schindler, on no fault of his own, was burdened with deep blue eyes and thick blond hair :)
Oscar Schindler's tree is planted at the Avenue of the Righteous, Holocaust museum of Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel. (31°46´24˝N , 35°10´33˝E)
Schindler got the money to start his company via several donations from close acquaintances and family friends first, and then through countless investments in his idea and through bank accounts.
On October 9, 1974, Oskar Schindler died in the Saint Bernward Hospital in Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany.
Due to wanting to be burried in Jerusalem, "Where is children are", Schindler was burried in the Catholic Franciscans' cemetery on Mount Zion. He was on the only member of the Nazi party to be burried in this honor.
An entrance sign says To Oskar Schindler's Grave.
Stones placed on graves are a Jewish tradition. Although Schindler wasn't Jewish. On his grave are the Hebrew words, "Rightous Among the Nations". Below that, in German, it includes the words, "The Unforgettable Lifesaver of 1200 Persecuted Jews".
Oskar Kuchera was born on August 11, 1974, in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR (now Russia).
Yes, he's up near Seattle, Washington, US. He's playing with "Lowrider Band". They aren't allowed to use name WAR, for legal reasons. 4 of the 5 surviving members of WAR play under the name of "Lowrider Band".
It puts a face to the statistics you read in your text books.
It shows you how out of hand a dictatorship can become, and how timid the people can be to stand up to those kinds of people.
When discussing about the final solution he asked if he could take some of the Jews as free labor, which was not weird at all and usually happened. Then he would keep asking for more Jews so he could use them for other jobs. He and his wife saved many Jews from going to concentration camps without the Nazis knowing.