Schindler

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Schindler is a German surname most famously associated with Oskar Schindler, the industrialist who saved over a thousand Jews during the Holocaust.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German-language surname
businessperson
feature film
human
human
industrialist
novel
surname
associatedWith Holocaust rescue
Schindler's Ark (novel)
Schindler's List (film)
linked to: Schindler's List
author Thomas Keneally
basedOn Schindler's Ark
burialPlace Jerusalem
burialSite Mount Zion
category German-language surnames
citizenship German Reich
linked to: Nazi Germany
countryOfBirth Austria-Hungary
countryOfDeath Germany
dateOfBirth 1908-04-28
dateOfDeath 1974-10-09
director Steven Spielberg
etymology derived from Middle High German "schindel" meaning shingle or roofer
familyName Schindler
givenName Oskar
hasNotableBearer Emilie Schindler
Oskar Schindler
Schindler's List (film) character Oskar Schindler
linked to: Schindler
honoredBy Yad Vashem
linked to: YadVashem
languageOfOrigin German
mainCharacter Oskar Schindler
notableFor employing Jewish workers to protect them from extermination
saving Jews during the Holocaust
numberOfJewsSaved over 1,000
occupation entrepreneur
factory owner
placeOfBirth Svitavy
placeOfDeath Hildesheim
recognizedAs Righteous Among the Nations
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
spouse Emilie Schindler
Oskar Schindler
subjectOf Schindler's Ark
Schindler's List (film)
linked to: Schindler's List
usedAs family name

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Oskar Schindler familyName Schindler
Emil Jakob Schindler familyName Schindler
Oskar Schindler familyName Schindler
subject linked to: Schindler
Schindler hasNotableBearer Schindler's List (film) character Oskar Schindler
linked to: Schindler