Oskar Schindler

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Oskar Schindler was a German industrialist and member of the Nazi Party who is renowned for saving the lives of over a thousand Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his factories.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi Party member
businessperson
human
industrialist
awardReceived Righteous Among the Nations
burialPlace Jerusalem
burialSite Mount Zion Catholic Cemetery
citizenship Czechoslovakia
Nazi Germany
surface form: German Reich
countryOfBirth Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED
countryOfDeath West Germany
dateOfBirth 1908-04-28
dateOfDeath 1974-10-09
employedGroup Schindlerjuden
employer Deutsche Emailwarenfabrik
ethnicGroup German
familyName Schindler
givenName Oskar
honorificTitle Righteous Among the Nations
languageSpoken Czech
German
memberOf Nazi Party
surface form: National Socialist German Workers' Party
militaryBranch Abwehr
motivatedBy humanitarian concern
notableFor employing Jews in his factories to protect them
saving Jews during the Holocaust
notableWork Schindlerjuden rescue
numberOfJewsSaved over 1,000
occupation businessperson
factory owner
industrialist
operatedFactoryIn Brünnlitz
Kraków
owned Deutsche Emailwarenfabrik
participatedIn Holocaust rescue efforts
World War II
placeOfBirth Svitavy
placeOfDeath Hildesheim NERFINISHED
portrayedBy Liam Neeson
recognizedBy YadVashem
surface form: Yad Vashem
religion Catholicism
residence Argentina
Brünnlitz
Kraków
West Germany
sexOrGender male
spouse Emilie Schindler
subjectOf Schindler's List (novel)
surface form: Schindler's Ark

Schindler's List
usedMeansToRescue employment in war-related factories

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Schindler's List character Oskar Schindler
this entity surface form: Emilie Schindler
Schindlerjuden hasRescuer Oskar Schindler
Schindler's List leadRole Oskar Schindler
this entity surface form: Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler
Schindler's List mainCharacter Oskar Schindler
Schindlerjuden namedAfter Oskar Schindler
Schindler's List portrays Oskar Schindler
Liam Neeson role Oskar Schindler
this entity surface form: Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List
Schindlerjuden savedBy Oskar Schindler