Trivia

There are more than six thousand descendants of the "Schindlers Jews" throughout the world.

Spent his last years living in poverty.

Saved more Jews during the Holocaust than any other private person. His enamel plant was a haven from the Nazis for over thousand people at best.

On his grave, the Hebrew inscription reads: "Righteous among the Nations", an honorific used by the State of Israel to describe non-Jews who risked their lives during the Holocaust to save Jews from extermination by the Nazis. The German inscription reads: "The Unforgettable Lifesaver of 1200 Persecuted Jews".

He was a very heavy drinker and possessed an exceptionally high tolerance for alcohol. He used this to his advantage by going out for drinks with high-ranking Nazi officers to make business deals. They would get very drunk while he was able to stay clear-headed.

Mimi Reinhard, who typed the Schindler's List, was born Carmen Koppel Wiener Neustadt, Austria, on 15 January 1915 and died in Herzliya, Israel, 8 March 2022.

Is portrayed by Liam Neeson in Schindler's List (1993).

Schindler's widow, Emilie Schindler, dies in a hospital in Berlin, Germany. (October 5, 2001)

He began his campaign to save the lives of Jewish people almost as soon as World War II began.

Had a sister, Elfriede (b. 1915).

He was a motorcycle enthusiast.

His remarkable story only became known to the world due to Thomas Keneally met Poldek Pfefferberg in a leather goods store that Pfefferberg owned and operated in Beverly Hills, California and learning about Schindler.

All of his businesses after his munitions factory were failures and he spent his years after the war living on donations from Jewish organizations.

Was expelled from school in 1924 for forging his report card.

He was a member of the Abwehr, German military intelligence, which was run by Admiral Canaris, who was secretly a member of the anti-Nazi German Resistance.

He is the only member of the Nazi Party to be honored with a resting place on Mount Zion.