EXPLOITING THE JEWS
"This Oskar Schindler has been described as a cynical, greedy exploiter of slave workers during the Second World War, a black-marketeer, gambler, member of the Nazi party eternally on the lookout for profit, alcoholic playboy, and shameless womanizer of the worst sort." -Louis Bülow
JOINING THE nAZIS
SEPARATIST Sudeten German Party
In 1935, Schindler joined the separatist Sudeten German Party, a pro-Nazi party in Czechoslovakia. In 1936, Schindler become a spy for the German military intelligence service, Abwehr. He would collect information on railways, military installations, and troop movements for Abwehr. On July 18th, 1938, Schindler was arrested and imprisoned for espionage. He would later be released on October 1st under the Munich Agreement, the settlement in which Czechoslovakia was annexed into Germany.
ACCEPTANCE INTO THE NAZI PARTY After applying for his Nazi Party membership, Schindler was accepted in 1939. Schindler was declared the second in command of the Abwehr unit. He and his wife, Emilie, moved to Ostrau, Czechoslovakia in January of 1939. |
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"I think he was an opportunist, and he joined the Nazi Party to make money. He looked around and saw that the Nazi Party controlled every aspect of the economy, the SS especially, and he could make a lot of money off of joining." -Dr. Brian Crim (Student Conducted Interview)
the enamelware factory
"He didn't go into World War II thinking, I'm going to save Jews and be a hero. He went into it thinking, I'm going to make a lot of money and be set for life." -Elinor J. Brecher, author of Schindler's Legacy, speaking in the Oskar Schindler Documentary
EMALIA
September 1939 marked the beginning of World War II when Germany invaded Poland. Eager to profit from the war, Schindler left his wife and moved to Krakow, Poland. Soon after, he became involved in the black market and distributed contraband goods to bribe German officers. Eager to take advantage of Germany's occupation program to "Aryanize" Jewish and Polish owned businesses, he purchased a once Jewish-owned enamelware factory. He converted the factory into Deutsche Emalwarenfabrik Oskar Schindler, also known as Emalia. The factory produced enamel kitchenware. |
The Enamelware Factory [Europe 2008]
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ITZHAK STERN Schindler started production with a mere forty-five workers. While running the factory, Schindler met Itzhak Stern, a Jewish accountant. Stern introduced Schindler to the Jewish community in attempts to gain employees. Thanks to Stern, over 1,600 worked for the factory by 1944. |
Itzhak Stern and Oskar Schindler [Jewish Gen, 1949]
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Sabrina Antonucci and Nikolas Antonucci
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