Oskar Shindler was born on April 28, 1908 in Svitavy, Moravia. He attended trade schools in Brno after he got his Czech
citizenship after Moravia was incorporated into the newly established Czechoslovak Republic in 1918. He married Emilie
Pelzel in 1928. Shindler worked many jobs. He worked in his father's farm machinery business in Svitavy, he opened a
driving school in Sumperk, and sold government property in Brno. He served in the Czechoslovak army, and attained the
of lance corporal in the reserves. He began working with the Office of the Military Foreign Intelligence of the German Armed
Forces in 1936. Five months after the German annexation of the Sudetenland, he joined the Nazi Party. He was an
opportunist businessman wanting the finer things in life. He seemed an unlikely candidate to become a wartime rescuer.
During World War II, Oskar Schindler rescued more than 1,000 Jews from deportation to Auschwitz, Nazi Germany's largest
killing center.
citizenship after Moravia was incorporated into the newly established Czechoslovak Republic in 1918. He married Emilie
Pelzel in 1928. Shindler worked many jobs. He worked in his father's farm machinery business in Svitavy, he opened a
driving school in Sumperk, and sold government property in Brno. He served in the Czechoslovak army, and attained the
of lance corporal in the reserves. He began working with the Office of the Military Foreign Intelligence of the German Armed
Forces in 1936. Five months after the German annexation of the Sudetenland, he joined the Nazi Party. He was an
opportunist businessman wanting the finer things in life. He seemed an unlikely candidate to become a wartime rescuer.
During World War II, Oskar Schindler rescued more than 1,000 Jews from deportation to Auschwitz, Nazi Germany's largest
killing center.