Oskar Schindler
By: Haneen Hussein (me!)
Who was he? ₁
Oskar Schindler was a Catholic, German
who was born on April 28, 1908
 He comes from a poor family, but
eventually worked his way up and became
rich when he was older
 He was a bright student, and at a young
age he began helping his father in the
factories and farms they owned
 At the age of 31, he joined the Nazi Party
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What did he do? ₁
Schindler was known as a hero to many
people. He is mainly known for he actions of
helping the Jews
 He was rich, so when he grew up he owned
many factories (that were especially useful
during the war). These factories were used
for building weapons and making uniforms
for the army
 There was one specific factory that was very
important: Emalia. This factory was used for
“escape”
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What did he do? (cont) ₁
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He took the ID’s and documents of over
1,000 Jews and changed them to make the
Jews seem like normal German citizens
After that he would employ them in his
factories under different names. So when the
SS or the German police would come by
they would not suspect anything
These actions saved the Jews from being
drafted into the war, or put into
concentration camps (such as Auschwitz)
THE FACTORY- EMALIA
“Schindler’s List” ₁
There were papers found in among his
belongings that had many names on them.
These files were called “Schindler’s List”
 They were basically names of Jewish
people he employed into his factories. It
had about 1,200 names on it.
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SCHINDLER’S LIST
Why did he do it? ₂
All the Jewish people were originally put
into the ghettos and when the German
army decided they needed more space,
they made the decision of moving the
Jews into camps.
 Schindler heard of this news and decided
that he needed to do something about it,
so he began working on the factories and
transferring as many Jews as he can into
his factories as employees.
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Consequences ₁
His actions did not go unnoticed. The SS
and the German police were very
suspicious of his actions and they did
arrest him multiple times, but he was
never kept in custody.
 On the bright side: he saved over a 1,000
Jews (about 800 men and 300-400
women) from living the horrors of the
concentration camps by doing simple
things he had the power to do.
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After the war
After the was, Schindler decided to leave
Germany- whether it was to get away
from police, to escape the memories, or
just to leave no one knows. ₁
 He died on October 1974 and was buried
in Jerusalem. ₂
 It is amazing that he was Catholic and he
was part of the Nazi Party.
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SURVIVORS- LEON
LEYSON (3)
Leon Leyson was a Jew who was
put into a concentration camp
with the rest of his family as well.
He was telling his story at the
University of Chicago. He recalls
the memory of Oskar Schindler
and how he used to come to the
camp and talk to the other Jews.
He said that when you talked to
Schindler you saw a “spark of
humanity”. He says his name and
his mothers name were on
Schindler’s List, but were removed
for a while. He told the story of
his mother, he said she was waiting
outside of the gas chamber and
then was pulled out of line. She
was told that she was part of the
300 women that were going to Schindler’s
factory. Leon recalls the experience and he said,
“In the darkness of all Europe, there was a little
light named Schindler.”
SURVIVORS- SAM
WERTHEIM (4)
He was a Jewish man who was sent to
the concentration camp in Auschwitz
and has been there for a while, and he
still wears the number that was printed
on his arm. He said that “the horror of
the time is engraved forever” in his
memory and that “the memories will
haunt him for the rest of his life”. He
calls himself a survivor, but to him
survivor can have different definitions
based on the circumstances it is said. To
him a “survivor” from the holocaust
means that they survived physically, but
are still emotionally/mentally imprisoned
in the memories and horrors. He begins
telling his story by comparing Schindler
to a parent who tells his children to stay
calm and trust them. He said Schindler
walked up to him and said, “Don’t be
afraid, who ever works for me will
survive the war.” He said Schindler was “a
shining star” and “a spark of hope”. He
also said that Schindler “became a godlike figure for those of us who were lucky
enough to be in his care”.
He said that Schindler helped 300 Jewish
women and 800 Jewish men from
concentrations camps. He told the story
of how Schindler risked his life multiple
times to help the Jews. One day Schindler
was arrested and put into prison for a
couple of days. When he came out he
realized that the 300 women were taken
to the camps. Sam said that Schindler
automatically went to the camps and
brought back all the 300 women and
made sure they were safe. Schindler aslo
made sure to give every Jew a weapon
for self-defense before he let them out.
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