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4 days ago · Oskar Schindler (born April 28, 1908, Svitavy [Zwittau], Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now in the Czech Republic]—died October 9, 1974, Hildesheim, West Germany) was a German industrialist who, aided by his wife and staff, sheltered approximately 1,100 Jews from the Nazis by employing them in his factories, which supplied the German army during Worl...
May 15, 2015 · Famous Activists. Oskar Schindler was a German industrialist during World War II who sheltered approximately 1,100 Jews from the Nazis by employing them in his factories. Updated: Jul 9, 2020....
Feb 10, 2023 · Key Facts. 1. Oskar Schindler was a German businessman and a member of the Nazi Party. In November 1939, he acquired some factories in German-occupied Poland by taking advantage of the German policy to "Aryanize" and "Germanize" Jewish-owned and Polish-owned businesses. 2. The best known of these factories today is the “Emalia” factory in Kraków.
