Schindler

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Schindler is a German surname most famously associated with Oskar Schindler, the industrialist who saved over a thousand Jews during the Holocaust.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German-language surname
businessperson
feature film
human
human
industrialist
novel
surname
associatedWith Holocaust rescue
Schindler's List (novel)
surface form: Schindler's Ark (novel)

Schindler's List
surface form: Schindler's List (film)
author Thomas Keneally
basedOn Schindler's List (novel)
surface form: Schindler's Ark
burialPlace Jerusalem
burialSite Mount Zion
category German-language surnames
citizenship Nazi Germany
surface form: German Reich
countryOfBirth Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary
countryOfDeath Germany
dateOfBirth 1908-04-28
dateOfDeath 1974-10-09
director Steven Spielberg
etymology derived from Middle High German "schindel" meaning shingle or roofer
familyName Schindler self-linksurface differs
givenName Oskar
hasNotableBearer Emilie Schindler
Oskar Schindler
Schindler self-linksurface differs
surface form: Schindler's List (film) character Oskar Schindler
honoredBy YadVashem
surface form: Yad Vashem
languageOfOrigin German
mainCharacter Oskar Schindler
notableFor employing Jewish workers to protect them from extermination
saving Jews during the Holocaust
numberOfJewsSaved over 1,000
occupation entrepreneur
factory owner
placeOfBirth Svitavy
placeOfDeath Hildesheim
recognizedAs Righteous Among the Nations
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
spouse Emilie Schindler
Oskar Schindler
subjectOf Schindler's List (novel)
surface form: Schindler's Ark

Schindler's List
surface form: Schindler's List (film)
usedAs family name

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Oskar Schindler familyName Schindler
Emil Jakob Schindler familyName Schindler
Schindler familyName Schindler self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Oskar Schindler
Schindler hasNotableBearer Schindler self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Schindler's List (film) character Oskar Schindler