Oskar Schindler
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Oskar Schindler was a German industrialist and humanitarian who is credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his enamelware and ammunitions factories in Ge
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Schindler's factory in Kraków, 2011
Hujowa Górka ("Prick Hill"), the execution place in Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp (2007)
Schindler's factory at the former site of Brünnlitz labor camp in 2004
Schindler's List
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Schindler's List is a 1993 American historical drama film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian. It is based on the historical novel Schindler's Ark by Thomas Ken
Oskar Schindler
…German-occupied Poland and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. He is the subject of the 1982 novel Schindler's Ark and its 1993 film adaptation, Schindler's List. Schindler grew up in Zwittau, Moravia, and worked in several trades until he joined the Abwehr, the military intelligence service of Nazi Germany, in…
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The liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto in March 1943 is the subject of a 15-minute segment of the film.
Schindler sees a girl in red during the liquidation of the Kraków ghetto. The red coat is one of the few instances of color used in this predominantly black and white film.
Steven Spielberg won his first Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director with Schindler's List.