What is Oskar Schindler?
{{for|the similarly-named racehorse|Oscar Schindler (horse)}} {{EngvarB|date=April 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Oskar Schindler | image = Schindler, Oskar.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1908|04|28|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Svitavy|Zwittau]], [[Moravia]], [[Austria-Hungary]]<br />(now [[Svitavy]], [[Czech Republic]]) | death_date = {{Death date and age|1974|10|9|1908|4|28|df=y}} | death_place = [[Hildesheim]], [[Lower Saxony]], [[West Germany]] | resting_place = [[Mount Zion]] Catholic Cemetery<br>[[Jerusalem]], Israel | resting_place_coordinates = {{coord|31.770164|N|35.230423|E|type:landmark_region:IL}} | occupation = Industrialist | spouse = {{marriage|[[Emilie Schindler|Emilie Pelzl]]|6 March 1928}} | children = 2 | party = {{plainlist | * [[Sudeten German Party]] (SdP) (1935–1939) * [[Nazi Party]] (1939–1945) }} | website = | awards = [[Righteous Among the Nations]] }} '''Oskar Schindler''' (April 28, 1908 – October 9, 1974) was a [[Sudeten]] [[Germany|German]] [[industrialist]]. He was born in [[Svitavy|Zwittau]], [[Moravia]], [[Austria-Hungary]] and was a [[Roman Catholic]]. Schindler was a member of the [[Nazi Party]] from 1939-1945. He saved almost 1,200 [[Jews]] during the [[Holocaust]] by letting them work in his [[enamelware]] and [[ammunition]]s [[Factory|factories]]. These were in what is known today as [[Poland]] and the [[Czech Republic]].<ref>[https://www.yadvashem.org/righteous/stories/schindler.html Oskar Schindler] at [[Yad Vashem]] website</ref> He is the subject of the novel ''[[Schindler's Ark]]'', and the movie based on it, ''[[Schindler's List]]''. He died of [[liver failure]] in [[Hildesheim]], [[West Germany]]. He is buried in the Catholic [[Cemetery]] on [[Mount Zion]], [[Jerusalem]].<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Oskar_Schindler.aspx Encyclopedia of World Biography]</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{Righteous footer}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Schindler, Oskar}} [[Category:1908 births]] [[Category:1974 deaths]] [