Schindler’s List

Who is Oskar Schindler?

● Grew up in Zwittau
● He worked in his father’s farm machinery business which
he then converted later on.
● Joined the Nazi Party in 1939
● Industrialist
● Greedy Businessman
Deutsche Emalwarenfabrik Oskar Schindler (Emalia)

● Employed Jewish workers in the

nearby Krakow Ghetto
● 1,700 Workers; at least 1,000 were
Jewish
● Added armaments to claim Jews
essential in the war effort
● Allowed Jews to stay overnight
October 1944
● The SS transferred the Emalia Jews to Plaszow
● Schindler relocated his plant to Moravia and it opened as an armaments factory
● Up to 1,200 Jews were needed
● Facilitated the survival of around 800 Men, and 300 to 400 Women
● Released in 1993
● Rated R
● Soon became a very well know Holocaust film
● Schindler goes from anti-hero to hero

Link to Worksheet
Sources

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/oskar-schindler

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108052/