20 facts about oskar schindler biography

Oskar Schindler was a German industrialist and a member of the Nazi Party who is credited with saving the lives of 1, Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his enamelware and ammunition factories in occupied Poland and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.

Take a look below for 30 more interesting and fascinating facts about Oskar Schindler.

1. He is the subject of the novel Schindler&#;s Ark and its film adaption, Schindler&#;s List, which reflected his life as an opportunist initially motivated by profit, who came to show extraordinary initiative, tenacity, courage and dedication to save the lives of his Jewish employees.

2. Schindler grew up in Zwittau, Moravia, and worked in several trades until he joined the Abwehr, the intelligence service of Nazi Germany, in

3. He joined the Nazi Party in

4. Prior to the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in , he collected information on railways and troop movements for the German government.

5. He was arrested f