| Oskar Schindler Timeline | |
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| Jarred | Sep 8 2010, 08:12 PM Post #1 |
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1935- Schindler joins the nazi party 1938-Joins the German military intelligence as a salesman. Is excused from military service. 1939-Signs his first contract with Stern 1939-Informs Stern the Jewish ghetto of Kazimierz will be raided and burned to the ground. Early 1940-Opens his "Deutsch Emailwaren Fabrik" factory in Krakow, Poland. Mid 1940-All "non-work-essential" Jews were to leave Krakow voluntarily. Schindler hires 150 Jews as Stern urged him. Late 1940-By now 23, 000 Jews were forced out of Krakow. Late 1940-All Jews above age 9 required to wear the 'Star of Zion" on their outer/inner clothing. 1941-Schindler is arrested by the gestapo for black market activities. Is released through high ranking friends and bribery. Early 1942-Arrested for kissing a Jewish girl on his 34th birthday party. Again is promptly released. Mid 1942-Krakow deportation to Belzek begins, Schindler saves his office manager and other workers from the train. Late 1942-Schindler travels to Budapest, Hungary to inform the Jewish leaders about the German exterminations in Poland. They don't believe him. 1943-Schindler establishes a Jewish sub-camp at his Emalia factory. Early 1944-Arranges to have a car full of Jews being deported sprayed with water as an act of kindness. Mid 1944-Emalia factory ordered dismantled, the prisoners sent to Plaszow. Schindler wins Helen Hirsch in a card game. Mid 1944-Schindler writes his list of Jewish workers he declared essential (as many as possible) and moves them to his new factory in Brunnlitz, Czechoslovakia. Late 1944-300 of his female workers are accidentally sent to Auschwitz, but are returned to the new factory promptly. 1945-Is given a ring engraved "He who saves a single life saves the entire world." by his former workers as he flees the Russians with his wife and eight former workers. 1949-Schindler goes to Argentina to try running a Nutria farm. 1957-Nutria farm goes bankrupt. 1958-Returns to west Germany and with loaned money starts a cement factory. 1961-Cement factory goes bankrupt. Schindler is invited to Israel by his former workers. 1974-Dies in Frankfurt, west Germany. Edited by Jarred, Sep 8 2010, 09:01 PM.
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