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Oskar Schindler Timeline
Topic Started: Sep 8 2010, 08:12 PM (5,619 Views)
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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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