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But hardly anyone knows that Oskar Schindler saved the Jews Jews together with his wife Emilie. How can it be that she bravely risked her life for others and at the same time failed to free herself from a toxic relationship with her husband for decades?
The film is the true story of Oscar Schindler’s wife, Emilie. Although lost to history (and left out of Spielberg’s movie altogether), the few survivors still alive testify in moving interviews to the fact it was Emilie who actually washed, clothed and fed the Jews her husband saved.
Emilie Schindler (German: [eˈmiːli̯ə ˈʃɪndlɐ] ⓘ; née Pelzl [ˈpɛltsl̩]; 22 October 1907 – 5 October 2001) was a Sudeten German-born woman who, with her husband Oskar Schindler, helped to save the lives of 1,200 Jews during World War II by employing them in his enamelware and munitions factories, providing them immunity from the ...
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- Oskar Schindler. The remarkable true story of Oskar Schindler’s rescue of more than 1,200 Polish-Jewish laborers is faithfully depicted in Schindler’s List.
- Amon Göth. Ralph Fiennes also earned an Oscar nomination for his performance as Amon Göth in Schindler’s List. Historical records confirm that Göth, as Commandant of the Płaszów labor camp, was every bit as monstrous as his portrayal.
- Itzhak Stern. The Jewish accountant Itzhak Stern was introduced to Oskar Schindler at the start of the war, and the two worked closely together on the running of the factory and, eventually, the compilation of the list that saved Stern and his remaining family from execution.
- Emilie Schindler. Oskar Schindler’s wife Emilie shared in her husband’s sense of responsibility to the brutalized Jewish laborers. Emilie sold her jewelry to help buy food, clothes, and medicine for the interned.
Feb 27, 1994 · The woman who portrayed the servant in the movie "Schindler's List" is actually a composite of Mrs. Rosenzweig and Helen Hirsch, another maid, who now lives in Israel.
Erika Rosenberg, a journalist who befriended Emilie Schindler 11 years ago, is writing the book to fulfil one of the old widow's last wishes, to tell her story and to correct a historical oversight. For Emilie Schindler, the book is about finding peace. As Rosenberg says: 'She's looking for recognition. Not in the form of money, but recognition ...
Apr 9, 1996 · ``Emilie Schindler - Memoirs,'' a new book by the widow of Holocaust hero Oskar Schindler, says that Steven Spielberg's version of the book ``Schindler's List'' was a movie ``packed with lies.''
