Oskar Schindler
Alanna Henderson 1st Period
The Beginning
Oskar Schindler was born into a German family of wealth , his father owned a farm machinery business. He joined the German Nazi party in 1935 as a spy for the Abwehr. He did it for the money , because his drinking problem caused him to go into debt.
The List
Oskar Schindler created a list of the 1200 Jews that he employed in his factories as a hide away from concentration camps , and gas chambers. It started when he was riding along his horse and he noticed Jews that were hiding being found, taken away, and killed. That day is when he said to himself that is wasn't right, and promised that he would save as many Jews as he could.
In Karkow, Poland he purchased a factory where they manufactured enamelware. Jews were hired for their cheap labor. The rights of Jewish people were getting taken away so he started to hide most of the wealthy Jewish investors. Today his factory has been turned into a modern day museum.
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