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Emilie Schindler

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She got a whole truck of bread from somewhere on the black market. They called me to unload it. She was talking to the SS and because of the way she turned around and talked, I could slip a loaf under my shirt. I saw she did this on purpose. A loaf of bread at that point was gold ... There is an
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In spite of his flaws, Oskar had a big heart and was always ready to help whoever was in need. He was affable, kind, extremely generous and charitable, but at the same time, not mature at all. He constantly lied and deceived me, and later returned feeling sorry, like a boy caught in mischief, asking
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In July 2001, during a visit to Berlin, Schindler told reporters that it was her "greatest and last wish" to spend her final years in Germany, adding that she had become increasingly homesick. She died at the age of 93 from the effects of a stroke in Märkisch-Oderland Hospital, Strausberg, on the
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guards; later, they listed their employees as essential factory workers, manufacturing munitions for the Reich. When conditions worsened and they started running out of money, she sold her jewels to buy food, clothes, and medicine. She looked after sick workers in a secret
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At last we meet again ... I have received no answer, my dear, I do not know why you abandoned me ... But what not even your death or my old age can change is that we are still married, this is how we are before God. I have forgiven you everything,
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In 1957, a bankrupt Oskar Schindler abandoned his wife and returned to Germany, where he died in 1974. Although they never divorced, they also never saw each other again. In 1993, during the production of the film
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Emilie Pelzl first met Oskar Schindler in 1928, when he came to Alt Moletein to sell electric motors to her father. After dating for six weeks, the couple married on 6 March 1928 in an inn on the outskirts of
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moved into Brünnlitz, the Schindlers left the Jews in the factory and went into hiding, in fear of being prosecuted because of Oskar's ties with the Nazi party.
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mused, "Has Godard, having also used her, sent her any money?" and "Has Godard or any other director living or dead done more than Spielberg, with his
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Schindler was honored by several Jewish organizations for her efforts during World War II. In May 1994, she and her husband received the title
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who would camp near the village for a few days at a time; their nomadic lifestyle, their music, and their stories fascinated her.
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Schindler's early life in Alt Moletein was idyllic, and she was quite fond of nature and animals. She was also interested in the
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in Munich. The following year a new production of the opera, directed by Vladimir Alenikov, was produced at the
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Oskar Schindler: The Untold Account of His Life, Wartime Activities, and the True Story Behind the List
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old expression: Behind the man, there is the woman, and I believe she was the great human being.
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farmers Josef and Marie Pelzl. She had an older brother, Franz, with whom she was very close.
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night of 5 October 2001, 2½ weeks before her 94th birthday. Her only relative was a niece in
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to be forgiven one more time—and then we would start all over again ...
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factories, providing them immunity from the Nazis. She was recognized as
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that had lain idle and in bankruptcy for many years and that he renamed
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Schindler lived with her 50 pets for many years in her small house in
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of neglecting Emilie while she was supposedly dying, impoverished, in
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After the film's release, Emilie's close friend and biographer,
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Individuals and groups assisting Jews during the Holocaust
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One of the survivors, Maurice Markheim, later recalled:
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during the war. In 1995, she was decorated with the
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