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Emilie Schindler Emilie Pelzl was born on October 22, 1907, in the city of Alt Moletein, a village in the German-populated border region of what was then The Republic of Czechoslovakia. Emilie later recalled the local pastor, an old family friend, who instructed young Emilie that her friendship with a young Jew, Rita Reif, was not good. Emilie defied the pastor and retained her friendship with Rita, until Rita was murdered by the Nazis in front of her father's store in 1942. www.auschwitz.dk /Emilie/Emilie.htm   (2282 words)

Emilie Schindler dies (October 2001) Emilie Schindler became famous only in her later years, and even then she always stayed in the shadow of her well-known husband, Oskar Schindler, the man with whom she helped save more than 1,000 Jews from concentration camps during World War II. After decades of living in Argentina, Emilie Schindler left the country in July to spend her last days in Berlin, the place she called home. The students of the Oskar Schindler High School in Berlin, who invited Emilie Schindler for a visit several months ago, now believe it would only be fair to rename their school Oskar and Emilie Schindler High School. www.writing.upenn.edu /~afilreis/Holocaust/schindler-wife-dies.html   (404 words)

Emilie Schindler, A Woman Of Courage One night in the last weeks of the war a tireless Emilie Schindler, acting alone while her husband was in Crakow, saved 250 Jews from impending death. Emilie was confronted by Nazis transporting the Jews, crowded into four wagons, from Gollechau to a death camp. A Jewish boy, Lew Feigenbaum, broke his eyeglasses and stopped Emilie in the factory and told her: "I broke my glasses and can't see.." When the Schindler-Jews were transferred to Brunnlitz, Emilie arranged for a prescription for the eyeglasses to be picked up in Crakow and delivered to her in Brunnlitz. www.emilieschindler.com /new_page_5.htm   (476 words)

BBC News | EUROPE | Schindler's widow dies Emilie Schindler often spoke out that the film failed to acknowledge her part in the rescue. Emilie Schindler was born on 22 October, 1907 in a German-speaking village in today's Czech Republic. Emilie Schindler said it was her greatest and last wish to die in Germany. news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/europe/1582957.stm   (422 words)

Oskar Schindler - Schindler's List Schindler was born a Catholic, and raised with all of the privleges that money could by. Schindler was not a loyal husband, and he almost always had a mistress or two. Schindler used his influence to set up a branch of the camp for 900 of his workers in his factory compound in Zablocie. www.chasingthefrog.com /reelfaces/schindlerslist.php   (1182 words)

H-Net Review: L. M. Stallbaumer on Where Light and Shadow Meet: A Memoir Emilie lived in constant fear and terror knowing the dangers of aiding Jews, yet she was instrumental in obtaining the permit to establish the munitions factory. Emilie, who never saw her husband again, tells us how deeply hurt she was by his final act of negligence which stands in sharp contrast to the heroic images which viewers are left with in the final frames of Spielberg's movie. Emilie does not deny the important role that she and her husband played in saving Jewish lives, but as she noted, they did what they had to in what proved to be a unique situation. www.h-net.org /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=28259904247035   (888 words)

[No title] Schindler, the Gestapo clerk and one of the arresting officers cross the foyer. Schindler, standing at the end of the platform stone-faced, watches the women whose names he is "stuck on," whose clothes are slashed with red paint, climbing onto the cattle cars. Schindler becomes aware of what's happening and, passing over other children, tries to corral these particular boys, many of whom have noticed their mothers now and are echoing their tortured cries with their own. www.awesomefilm.com /script/schindlerslist.txt   (18445 words)

Emilie Schindler, An Unsung Heroine Emilie Schindler was an inspiring evidence of human nobility. She was not only a strong woman working alongside her husband Oscar Schindler but a heroine in her own right. In 2001 during a visit to Germany, a frail Emilie Schindler handed over documents related to her husband to a museum. www.emilieschindler.com   (243 words)

Observer | Schindler's widow left to die in bitterness and poverty 'Emilie has suffered her whole life from being the woman in the shadow of a great man, when in fact their roles in saving the Jews could be split 50-50,' said Erika Rosenberg, her friend and carer for 11 years. Ich, Emilie Schindler is a drastic rewriting of the Schindler story and will reveal how Emilie spent her final years embittered about those who overlooked what she claims was her equally heroic role in saving the Jews on the list. Emilie Schindler claims she was forced to do most of the work while Oskar began a string of affairs with other women. observer.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4230200-102275,00.html   (1213 words)

The Southern Institute for Education and Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) Emilie defied the pastor and retained her friendship with Rita, until Rita was murdered by the Nazis in front of her father's store in 1942. Emilie Schindler is perhaps the most interesting story that has yet to be told. Since the release of the film, Schindler's List, Emilie Schindler has reacted to the admiration bestowed upon her late husband with trenchant reminders that the savior of 1,200 Jews was a man with flaws; he was a gambler, a drunkard and an unfaithful husband. www.southerninstitute.info /holocaust_education/slguid10.html   (2705 words)

Guardian Unlimited | Obituaries | Obituary: Emilie Schindler The life of Emilie Schindler, who has died aged 93, was mostly overshadowed by that of her industrialist husband, Oskar, who was hailed for having saved more than 1,000 Jews from Nazi death camps. In 1993, however, Emilie was awarded Israel's Righteous Among The Nations Award for her virtually single-handed success in stopping the Nazis from sending a trainload of 120 Jewish men, women and children to Auschwitz. Emilie always insisted, however, that it was she - and not her husband - who signed the documents that saved the workers. www.guardian.co.uk /obituaries/story/0,3604,565826,00.html   (910 words)

Germany - Oskar Schindler Emilie Schindler was just in time to stop the SS camp commandant from sending the train back. Schindler, who had rushed back to the camp from some food-procuring errand outside, barely managed to convince the commandant that he desperately needed the people who were locked in the train for work. Schindler arranged for them to be buried with full Jewish religious rites in a plot of land near the Catholic cemetery, which he had especially bought for that purpose. www1.yadvashem.org /righteous/bycountry/germany/oskar_schindler.html   (1449 words)

CTV.ca | Holocaust saviour Emilie Schindler dead at 93 Emilie Schindler, the wife of famed industrialist Oskar Schindler who help save more than 1,000 Jews from Nazi death camps, has died. Emilie Schindler died Friday evening at a hospital out Berlin were she was being treated for an undisclosed illness, her biographer Erika Rosenberg said in a statement. Emilie Schindler was born Oct. 22, 1907, in a German-speaking village in part of the former Austro-Hungarian empire, now the Czech Republic. www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1025062378870_20471578   (289 words)

Emilie Schindler Emilie Schindler's husband Oscar Schindler became a household name as one of the great humanitarians of the century, saving 1,300 Jews from certain death in the Nazi death camps during World War II. Emilie later recalled the local pastor, an old family friend, who instructed young Emilie to end her friendship with a young Jew, Rita Reif. Emilie Pelzl first saw the tall, handsome and outgoing Oscar Schindler when he came to the door of her father's farmhouse in Alt Moletein. www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/emilieschindler.html   (1467 words)

Emilie Schindler For the last five decades Emilie Schindler led a modest existence in her little house in San Vicente 40 kilometres south-west of Buenos Aires with her cats, dog and beautiful roses. But Oscar Schindler met with no success, and in 1957 he became bankrupt and travelled back alone to Germany, where he remained estranged from his wife for 17 years before he died in poverty in 1974, at the age of 66. Emilie Schindler died Friday night October 5, 2001, in the Berlin hospital. www.oskarschindler.com /10.htm   (1490 words)

Emilie Schindler, Aftermath He fled to Buenos Aires in Argentina with Emilie, his mistress and a dozen Schindler Jews. The Schindlers settled down in 1949 as farmers, raising chickens and nutrias. But Oscar Schindler met with no success, and in 1957 he became bankrupt and traveled back alone to Germany, where he remained estranged from his wife for 17 years before he died in www.emilieschindler.com /new_page_6.htm   (362 words)

Oskar Schindler, rescuer of Jews during the Holocaust This Oscar Schindler has been described as a cynical, greedy exploiter of slave workers during the Second World War, a fl-marketeer, gambler, member of the Nazi party eternally on the lookout for profit, alcoholic playboy and shameless womanizer of the worst sort. Schindler was recruited by the German Intelligence Agency to collect information about Poles and was highly esteemed for his efforts - a fact that was to play a decisive role later in the war for Schindler, when he needed all his contacts. Schindler bribed the Nazis to get food and better treatment for his Jews during a time when one of the most civilized nations of the world was capable of systematic mass-murder. auschwitz.dk /Schindler2.htm   (2521 words)

Schindler`s List Oscar Schindler used all means at his disposal to ensure the safety of his Schindler-Jews, even Emilie Schindler`s jewels were sold, to bribe, to buy food, clothes, and medicine. Oscar Schindler died in Frankfurt on the 9th of October, 1974, at an age of 66. Oscar Schindler - to be honest not one of the most devout sons of the church - was buried in the Catholic churchyard on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, in the presence of hundreds of weeping Schindler Jews. home8.inet.tele.dk /aaaa/listen.html   (1492 words)

Schindler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Oskar Schindler, businessman who saved his Jewish workers from the Holocaust, subject of the film Schindler's List Schindler Group of Switzerland which makes Elevators and Escalators This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Schindler   (95 words)

A Schindler bookstore When the film "Schindler's List" was first released in 1993, it was acclaimed as both a motion picture masterpiece and a reaffirmation of the human spirit. In plain eloquence, the woman who married Oscar Schindler, tells the true story of their life together, what they did to save the Jews in their factories, and what led to "Schindler's list." Emilie nursed the Jewish factory workers when they fell ill, often saving their lives. It is the story of Oscar Schindler, a German-Catholic industrialist, that Steven Spielberg turned into a seven Academy Award-winning film, and a milestone that touches the hearts and provokes the mind of all... home8.inet.tele.dk /aaaa/bookstore.htm   (1117 words)

Emilie Schindler Emilie Schindler dies (October 2001) Oskar Schindler - Schindler"s List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) 0 Emilie Pelzl was born on October 22, 1907, in the city of Alt Moletein, a village in the German-populated border region of what was then The Republic of Czechoslovakia. 8 Emilie Schindler became famous only in her later years, and even then she always stayed in the shadow of her well-known husband, Oskar Schindler, the man with whom she helped save more than 1,000 Jews from concentration camps during World War II. 8 The coffin of Emilie Schindler in the cemetery of Waldkraiburg, southern Germany, Friday, Oct. 0 Erika Rosenberg, a journalist who befriended Emilie Schindler 11 years ago, is writing the book to fulfil one of the old widow"s last wishes, to tell her story and to correct a historical oversight. schindler.naxy.info /info/emilie-schindler.html   (4544 words)

Emilie Schindler, Rescuer of Jews during the Holocaust Emilie Schindler, Rescuer of Jews during the Holocaust Schindler is in intensive care, a transport is out of the question, said Dr. Hans Pech, head of interior medicine at the Maerkisch-Oderland Hospital outside Berlin. The famous Argentine journalist Sol tells that one of her favorites interviews was on radio with Emilie Schindler: "When I talked with her I felt a great spirit of love and wisdom in her words. www.emilieschindler.com /new_page_7.htm   (426 words)

Oscar Schindler’s widow - Worldpress.org Emilie Schindler, the 92-year-old widow of Oscar Schindler—the man who saved thousands of Jews during World War II—rarely gives interviews. Emilie Schindler paints a different portrait of her husband. Emilie lost all contact with Schindler until she learned of his death. www.worldpress.org /1469.cfm   (339 words)

Schindler Photos The photos may be of graphic nature and disturbing - before providing access to younger learners, parents and teachers should preview the sites and guide through what they may read and see. In those years, millions of Jews died in Nazi death camps like Auschwitz, but Schindler's Jews miraculously survived. Oscar Schindler spent millions to protect and save his Jews, everything he possessed. www.oskarschindler.com /4.htm   (98 words)

Title: "Schindler's List" - Topics: World/WW II Oscar Schindler was a war profiteer and drinking buddy to many Nazis. Schindler had married his wife, Emilie in 1928. Emilie fully supported what her husband did for his workers. www.teachwithmovies.org /guides/schindlers-list.html   (473 words)

Amazon.com: Schindler (1980) : Video   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) Schindler had a lot of dealings with Goeth, and was often at his house. After the war, Schindler didn't fare so well; he went to Argentina with his wife and mistress (Emilie was most understanding of his many women), later moving to Germany alone. Oskar Schindler died in Frankfurt on the 9th of October, 1974, at an age of 66. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6303107230?v=glance   (1238 words)

Emilie Schindler, Rescuer Of Jews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) It seems as though there is no spark of human concern, no act of humanity, to lighten that dark history. Yet there were acts of courage and kindness during the Holocaust - let me mention Emilie and Oscar Schindler, who continually risked their lives to protect and save their Jewish workers. To more than 1200 Jews the Schindlers were all that stood between them and death at the hands of the Nazis. www.oskarschindler.info /Emilie/Emilie.html   (225 words)

Schindler's List At the end of the preview article on Schindler's List, a small paragraph read "Buzz: Good question, and probably the one that will determine Schindler's fate. If the critics back it, Speilberg could finally win his Oscar®" Well from that moment I made it my prediction, Best Picture 1993, and when all was said and done, the film I had made my prediction 7 months before the Oscars won the award. It touched my heart from the moment I saw it and never before have I seen a film that even comes CLOSE to the power and heart this film represents. www.geocities.com /Hollywood/3713/schindler.htm   (234 words)

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