Oskar Schindler Quotes


I was now resolved to do everything in my power to defeat the system.


Citations

Schindler, Oskar. Interview. 1964. Oskar Schindler: The Untold Account of His Life, Wartime Activities, and the True Story Behind the List, by David M. Crowe, Westview Press, 2004, p. 129.

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Oskar Schindler
Oskar Schindler
  • Born: April 28, 1908
  • Died: October 9, 1974
  • Nationality: Czech
  • Profession: Industrialist

Oskar Schindler was a German industrialist and a member of the Nazi Party who is credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his enamelware and ammunitions factories in 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, 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.