Oskar Schindler: A Holocaust Hero

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Oskar SchindlerA Holocaust Hero

• By J. P.

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Question

• Who was Oskar Schindler?
• What did he do to be recognized?

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Early Life and Family

• Born April 18,1908
• Zwittau
• Father Hans
• Mother Louisa
• Younger Sister Elfriede
• Jewish friends
• Age 10 Zwittau

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Young Man

• Driving cars
• Parties
• Motorcycle races
• 1930- Joined Nazi Party
• Politics
• Following Footsteps
• Emilie Pelzl
• 1930 sales manager

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Marriage

• March 6, 1928
• Emilie Pelzl
• Dowry
• Cheated
• Drank
• Emilies acceptance

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Personal Life

• Made people like him
• Villain before Holocaust
• Saint during Holocaust
• Nazi Philosophy
• 1935 bankrupt
• Spy for Germans
• Divorce
• Mom - 1930s
• Hans and Oskar Bad News

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Personal Life cont.

• Polish factory - Rekord
• Jewish Apartment
• Drank
• Parties with Nazis
• Lived near Ghetto
• Military contracts

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World around him Ghetto

• Non - Jews
• Jews
• Surrounding countries
• Hitler
• Ghetto

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Business

• 1940 - 800 workers
• Unskilled workers falsified records
• Good conditions
• Extra food
• Harassment prevention
• No snow! Work
• Slavery (no way)

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Business cont.

• 34th birthday party
• Own work camp
• Gross - Rosen
• Auschwitz
• List of 1,100
• Negotiation
• Brunnlitz

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The End of the Line

• Fled to Argentina
• Escaped death
• Recognized hero
• Survivors
• Died October 9, 1974
• Emilie October 5, 2001

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Reflection

• Mr. Schindler might have led a tough and
  unfaithful life, but the World War II really
  brought out the goodness in him. After studying
  and thinking about this topic, I have decided
  that if I was Jewish and living in the 1940s I
  would have wanted to be on Schindlers list. I
  think he was an extraordinary person and should
  be remembered forever not because of his true
  self but because of what he did during the
  Holocaust.

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Bibliography

• Brecher, Elinor J. Schindler's Legacy. New
  York Penguin Group, 1994.
• Bulow, Louis. Oskar Schindler The List of
  Life. Firefox. 27 Nov. 2007
  
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• Keneally, Thomas. Schindler's List. New York
  Simon and Schuster, 1982.
• "Oskar Schindler." wikipedia. 27 Nov. 2007
  Oskar_Schindler.
• Roberts, Jeremy. Oskar Schindler A Righteous
  Gentile. Saddleback, CA. 2000.

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Bibliography cont.

• Yad Vashem The Marters' and Heros' Remembrance
  Authority. "Oskar Schindler. Yad Vashem. The
  Martyrs' and Heros' Remembrance Authority. 27
  Nov. 2007 http//yad_vashem.org.il/visiting/trees/
  schindler.html.