The Holocaust Of Schindler And Francisca Nee Luser

Oskar Schindler saved thousands of Jewish people from the horrible tragedy that was the Holocaust. Some would say, at one point in Schindler s life, he was an aryan man with no financial problems whatsoever. Schindler was truly a brave man that sacrificed his life for many others. Schindler simply saved others out of the goodness from his heart. â€Å"Oskar Schindler (1908-1974) was born on April 28, 1908, in Svitavy (Zwittau), Moravia, at that time a province of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy† (Holocaust Encyclopedia). â€Å"Schindler grew up with all the privileges money could buy. He was born Catholic†¦Ã¢â‚¬  (Jewish Virtual Library). â€Å"Oscar’s parents Johann Schindler and Francisca nee Luser were both Germans from Silesia, who had settled in Svitavy,†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬Å"He married Emilie Schindler at nineteen, but was never without a mistress or two. Hard drinking and feckless, he had the soul of a gambler, winning big and losing bigger . He had presided over the demise of his family business and become a salesman when opportunity came knocking in the guise of the war† (Jewish Virtual Library). Oskar Schindler had an education, money, a wife, and many different jobs. Some would say he had a good life. Schindler was a businessman that was set on making a great deal of money. He had many connections and an abundance of friends in the illicit business. â€Å"Never one to miss a chance to make money, he marched into Poland on the heels of the SS. He dived headfirst into the black-market and the underworld and soon made friends with the local Gestapo bigwigs, softening them up with women, money and illicit booze. His newfound connections helped him acquire a factory which he ran with the cheapest labor around: Jewish† (Jewish Virtual Library). â€Å"At first he seemed like every other usurping German industrialist, driven by profit and unmoved by the means of his profiteering. But somewhere along the line, something changed.† â€Å"In February 1939, five months after the German annexation of the Sudetenland, he joined the Nazi Party† (Holocaust Encyclopedia). â€Å"In December 1939, as occupied Poland was being torn apart by the savagery of the Holocaust, Schindler took his first faltering steps from