Alexander Antonellis
7Z
12/6/14
Biography
Oskar Schindler was born on April 28, 1908 in Svitavy, Moravia, what was then a German province in the Austro-Hungarian empire it now belongs to the the Czech Republic. Schindler grew up and attended grammar school in a region known as the Sudetenland. Schindler worked for his father, Hans Schindler, selling farm equipment. Schindler's father was the owner of a large factory. After his marriage in 1928 however Schindler left his father’s factory. To make some money Schindler started a poultry farm. This was dismally unsuccessful and Schindler closed the business within six months. In 1939 Schindler joined the Nazi party when Germany invaded Czechoslovakia and annexed Sudetenland. This action was mainly …show more content…
All prisoners were now to be moved to extermination camps and killed. With this action Schindler suggested to the SS that his workers be moved to another factory in Czechoslovakia so as to still provide supplies for the German army. After paying off several bribes and getting the support of key SS officials Oskar began moving his factory into Brunnlitz, Czechoslovakia. Schindler also planned to collaborate with his colleague, and fellow factory owner, Julius madritsch, to bring as many of their collective jewish workers to brunnlitz as possible. Schindler nominated the 300 Jewish workers who had helped to retire the Emalia factory. Madritsch also nominated 60 more people. On Madritsch list Schindler saw a large space after the last name. Schindler inserted 30 more names in this space. In late October of 1944 around women and children meant to be transferred to Brunnlitz along with the 800 men shipped out in the previous days were accidentally routed to the Auschwitz extermination camp. With the delay of their arrival at Brunnlitz many there began to feel uneasy. Schindler went directly to the Auschwitz camp and with a few phone call, some mentioning of high-ranking officials, and a bit of cash turnover Schindler was able to have all but two of the prisoners released. Once the new factory in Brunnlitz was set up Schindler made sure that production systems for the shells his factory was to make were depreciated enough so that not a single shell passed the quality control. Over the course of the end of the war Schindler’s factory had not produced a single useful piece for the German
7Z
12/6/14
Biography
Oskar Schindler was born on April 28, 1908 in Svitavy, Moravia, what was then a German province in the Austro-Hungarian empire it now belongs to the the Czech Republic. Schindler grew up and attended grammar school in a region known as the Sudetenland. Schindler worked for his father, Hans Schindler, selling farm equipment. Schindler's father was the owner of a large factory. After his marriage in 1928 however Schindler left his father’s factory. To make some money Schindler started a poultry farm. This was dismally unsuccessful and Schindler closed the business within six months. In 1939 Schindler joined the Nazi party when Germany invaded Czechoslovakia and annexed Sudetenland. This action was mainly …show more content…
All prisoners were now to be moved to extermination camps and killed. With this action Schindler suggested to the SS that his workers be moved to another factory in Czechoslovakia so as to still provide supplies for the German army. After paying off several bribes and getting the support of key SS officials Oskar began moving his factory into Brunnlitz, Czechoslovakia. Schindler also planned to collaborate with his colleague, and fellow factory owner, Julius madritsch, to bring as many of their collective jewish workers to brunnlitz as possible. Schindler nominated the 300 Jewish workers who had helped to retire the Emalia factory. Madritsch also nominated 60 more people. On Madritsch list Schindler saw a large space after the last name. Schindler inserted 30 more names in this space. In late October of 1944 around women and children meant to be transferred to Brunnlitz along with the 800 men shipped out in the previous days were accidentally routed to the Auschwitz extermination camp. With the delay of their arrival at Brunnlitz many there began to feel uneasy. Schindler went directly to the Auschwitz camp and with a few phone call, some mentioning of high-ranking officials, and a bit of cash turnover Schindler was able to have all but two of the prisoners released. Once the new factory in Brunnlitz was set up Schindler made sure that production systems for the shells his factory was to make were depreciated enough so that not a single shell passed the quality control. Over the course of the end of the war Schindler’s factory had not produced a single useful piece for the German