By Roy Stracovsky

Oskar Schindler

Early LifeSection 1

Born on April 28, 1908

Born in Svitavy, Moravia, Austro-Hungarian Empire*

Svitavy is now part of the Czech Republic

His family was German

Birth

Oskar lived in Svitavy the first few years of his life

He lived there during the interwar period

He got a Czech citizenship when Moravia became part of the Czechoslovak Republic

Elementary Life

Marriage and CareerSection 2

Oskar married Emilie Pelzl in 1928

They lived with Oskar’s parents

He had an affair with a school friend

She bore him two kids

Marriage

He originally worked for his fathers farm

He worked at an Electrotechnic later

He transferred to being a driving school manager

He went to the Army and became Lance-Corporal

He left but lost his job and was unemployed

He went to work at a bank

Early Career

Schindler joined the Sudeten Nazi party in 1935

He was a Nazi spy

He was caught by police and claimed he was a spy for the money

He was released and then applied to the Nazi party

Nazi Career

Schindler moved to Kraków in 1939

He got an accountant name Itzhak Stern

They buy an enamelware company

At it’s peak, the were 1750 workers

He made enamel for the military

Nazi Elite Career

In Płaszów, the Nazis were exterminating Jews, so Schindler kept his workers at his factory

He was so astounded by what he saw, he changed his mind about Nazis

He decided he would try to save as many Jews as he could

Nazi Elite Career (Cont.)

Schindler’s Work to Save JewsSection 3

Schindler bribed people to build camps for his workers

Oskar’s factory was going to be shut down so he changed it so that it produced grenades

His factory did not produce actual shells

He would bribe and flatter people so that he could bring Jews to his factory and save them

Camps

Pictures of his Factories

Oskar’s Impressions on PeopleSection 4

http://www.ushmm.org/information/exhibitions/online-features/special-focus/oskar-schindler

His Personality

From this, what do you think he was like?

What do you think was different about him before and after he decide to save Jewish people?

He often got arrested and was an alcoholic, does this fit the image of what you think of him?

Game

"Oskar Schindler." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Council, 10 June 2013. Web. 09 Feb. 2014.

"Svitavy." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 01 Aug. 2014. Web. 09 Feb. 2014.

"Oskar Schindler." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 02 Sept. 2014. Web. 09 Feb. 2014.

"Oskar Schindler: An Unlikely Hero." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Council, n.d. Web. 08 Feb. 2014.

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