https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny The man who resisted by saving the lives of 1,200 Jews en-us 2020-11-06 19:20:29 UTC 2024-06-02 20:41:35 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/270a.png bc25ketchen https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/898891768 Oskar Schindler was born on April 28th, 1908. Although ethnically German, he lived in Moravia, which was eventually brought into Czechoslovak territory, giving him Czech citizenship (The Holocaust Museum).]]> 2020-11-06 19:24:56 UTC https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/898891768 bc25ketchen https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/898917182 Schindler was raised in a German Catholic family of four, with him, his parents, and his younger sister Elfriede (Biography). His mother, Louisa, was a homemaker, and his father, Hans, was a farm-equipment manufacturer (Jewish Virtual Library).]]> 2020-11-06 19:32:11 UTC https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/898917182 bc25ketchen https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/898962496 After leaving school in 1924, Schindler worked at a wide array of odd jobs, trying to find a way to be successful. After finishing military service, he worked at his dad's factory until the economic depression hit in the 1930s (Biography).]]> 2020-11-06 19:45:28 UTC https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/898962496 bc25ketchen https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/905747488 https://www.holocaustmatters.org/who-was-oskar-schindler/]]> 2020-11-09 19:19:33 UTC https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/905747488 bc25ketchen https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/905749503 Once Hitler invaded Poland, Schindler found a new opportunity to be successful. He became experienced in the black market and could successfully bribe German soldiers. He decided to obtain a Jewish enamelware factory to expand his business interests (Biography).]]> 2020-11-09 19:19:58 UTC https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/905749503 bc25ketchen https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/905826249 The factory started with 45 employees but eventually grew to 1,700 at its peak in 1944 (Biography). At first, Schindler hired Jewish people because they made easy profit. However, after seeing a group of innocent Jewish people being transported to Auschwitz, he began to sympathize with and care for the Jews. (Jewish Virtual Library) However, this came with a risk, because he was arrested three times. However, he was not ever charged (The Holocaust Museum).]]> 2020-11-09 19:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/905826249 bc25ketchen https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/910333254 In 1993, Steven Spielberg released the movie, "Schindler's List" in theaters. The movie is one of the most well known Holocaust movies, and it shows the horrific casualties in a very realistic manner (IMDb).]]> 2020-11-10 19:50:32 UTC https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/910333254 bc25ketchen https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/914059211 "Oskar Schindler Biography," The Biography.com Website, 15 May 2015, Last Updated 9 July 2020.
https://www.biography.com/activist/oskar-schindler]]> 2020-11-11 19:32:52 UTC https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/914059211 bc25ketchen https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/914069584 "Oskar Schindler," United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/oskar-schindler]]> 2020-11-11 19:36:08 UTC https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/914069584 bc25ketchen https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/914102788 "Oskar Schindler," Jewish Virtual Library.
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/oskar-schindler]]> 2020-11-11 19:46:07 UTC https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/914102788 bc25ketchen https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/921615209 In 1943, the SS re-designated Plazow as a concentration camp. Because of this, Schindler decided to persuade them to make Emaila, the factory’s location, into a sub-camp. Because of this, Schindler was able to permit hundreds of Jews, saving their lives from the hardships of Plaszow. However, this came with a risk. While he owned the factory, the SS grew suspicious and arrested him three times. However, they were unable to charge him (The Holocaust Museum).

]]> 2020-11-13 19:45:23 UTC https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/921615209 bc25ketchen https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/921632790 https://www.holocaustmatters.org/who-was-oskar-schindler/]]> 2020-11-13 19:50:19 UTC https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/921632790 bc25ketchen https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/928891472 In October of 1944, after the Emaila Jews were transferred to Plaszow, Schindler relocated his plant to Brunnlitz, Moravia, and reopened it as an armaments factory. One of his assistants drew up a list of over 1,200 soldiers needed to work at the factory, and this would later be known as “Schindler’s List.” This camp saved the lives of all those Jews and allowed them to survive to liberation. (The Holocaust Museum).]]> 2020-11-16 19:25:03 UTC https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/928891472 bc25ketchen https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/928908267 "Schindler's List," IMDb. 
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108052/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0]]> 2020-11-16 19:28:26 UTC https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/928908267 bc25ketchen https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/928915396 In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis (IMDb).]]> 2020-11-16 19:29:49 UTC https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/928915396 bc25ketchen https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/928932987 2020-11-16 19:33:10 UTC https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/928932987 bc25ketchen https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/928956746 Schindler used all of his money to save his workers and bribe authorities, leaving him penniless. He and his wife fled to Argentina immediately after the war had ended. After being unsuccessful with several jobs, Schindler spent the rest of his life supported by Schindlerjuden's donations until his death in 1974 (Biography).]]> 2020-11-16 19:38:01 UTC https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/928956746 bc25ketchen https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/928965651 2020-11-16 19:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/928965651 bc25ketchen https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/928991326 “I don't know what his motives were... But I don't give a damn. What's important is that he saved our lives.” -One of Schindler's Survivors (Jewish Virtual Library).]]> 2020-11-16 19:45:35 UTC https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/928991326 bc25ketchen https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/933506742
“There was no choice. If you saw a dog going to be crushed under a car, wouldn't you help him?”
-Schindler to Poldek Pfefferberg (Jewish Virtual Library).

]]> 2020-11-17 19:13:52 UTC https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/933506742 bc25ketchen https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/933519037 Liam Nelson held the lead role as Oskar Schindler (IMDb).]]> 2020-11-17 19:16:09 UTC https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/933519037 bc25ketchen https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/933578101 2020-11-17 19:27:11 UTC https://padlet.com/bc25ketchen/r4yrwq7oq0jt2nny/wish/933578101