Oskar Schindler was a member of the Nazi Party and German businessman who used his influence and power to have a positive impact during WWII, rather than the negative one many people he was associated with had.
Schindler was born on the 28th April 1908 in Moravia, Austria-Hungary. He attended both primary and high school and later enrolled in technical school but was expelled for forgery. He took courses in Brno in several trades and worked for his father for three years in his farm machinery business. After quitting, Schindler worked in a series of businesses, including Moravian Electrotechnic and management of a driving school. He was in the army for 18 months, rising to the rank of Lance-Corporal in the Tenth Infantry Regiment of the 31st …show more content…
The Nazi party also planned to shut down any factories that weren’t directly related to the war effort, and the Jews that were originally working in them would be relocated to concentration camps. Luckily for his employees, Schindler knew about this plan through his Nazi contacts, and was able to convince Göth and the other Nazis involved to instead let him change his factory from one that produced enamelware to one that produced anti-tank grenades. Schindler was also allowed to move his factory and workers to Brünnlitz in the Sudetenland. Schindler’s List was created at this time. A list was compiled of 1200 names, which were provided by the Jewish Ghetto Police and all were sent to Brünnlitz rather than concentration camps and certain death.
Hardly any useful artillery shells were produced at Schindler’s new factory, and he instead bought items of the black market and resold them as his own. When the rations provided by the SS were insufficient, Schindler began to spend a lot of time in Krakow where he was obtaining food and materials for his workers. Back in Brünnlitz, Emilie looked after the workers, maintaining their help and obtaining as many rations as
Schindler was born on the 28th April 1908 in Moravia, Austria-Hungary. He attended both primary and high school and later enrolled in technical school but was expelled for forgery. He took courses in Brno in several trades and worked for his father for three years in his farm machinery business. After quitting, Schindler worked in a series of businesses, including Moravian Electrotechnic and management of a driving school. He was in the army for 18 months, rising to the rank of Lance-Corporal in the Tenth Infantry Regiment of the 31st …show more content…
The Nazi party also planned to shut down any factories that weren’t directly related to the war effort, and the Jews that were originally working in them would be relocated to concentration camps. Luckily for his employees, Schindler knew about this plan through his Nazi contacts, and was able to convince Göth and the other Nazis involved to instead let him change his factory from one that produced enamelware to one that produced anti-tank grenades. Schindler was also allowed to move his factory and workers to Brünnlitz in the Sudetenland. Schindler’s List was created at this time. A list was compiled of 1200 names, which were provided by the Jewish Ghetto Police and all were sent to Brünnlitz rather than concentration camps and certain death.
Hardly any useful artillery shells were produced at Schindler’s new factory, and he instead bought items of the black market and resold them as his own. When the rations provided by the SS were insufficient, Schindler began to spend a lot of time in Krakow where he was obtaining food and materials for his workers. Back in Brünnlitz, Emilie looked after the workers, maintaining their help and obtaining as many rations as