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Emilie Schindler

1907 - 2001

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Emilie Schindler (German: [eˈmiːli̯ə ˈʃɪndlɐ] ; née Pelzl [ˈpɛltsl̩]; 22 October 1907 – 5 October 2001) was a Sudeten German-born woman who, with her husband Oskar Schindler, helped to save the lives of 1,200 Jews during World War II by employing them in his enamelware and munitions factories, providing them immunity from the Nazis. She was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by Israel's Yad Vashem in 1994. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emilie Schindler is the 137th most popular social activist (up from 172nd in 2019), the 128th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 163rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Czech Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Emilie Schindler ranks 137 out of 840. Before her are Steve Biko, Vasil Levski, Bugsy Siegel, Hans Scholl, Stokely Carmichael, and Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester. After her are Kasturba Gandhi, Al-Mu'tazz, Mordechai Anielewicz, Yelena Bonner, Marianne Bachmeier, and Ishikawa Goemon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Emilie Schindler ranks 58. Before her are Lars Ahlfors, Varlam Shalamov, Zarah Leander, Takeo Wakabayashi, Burgess Meredith, and Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia. After her are Ray Milland, Miklós Rózsa, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, Ko Takamoro, Ernesto Geisel, and James Meade. Among people deceased in 2001, Emilie Schindler ranks 39. Before her are Robert Ludlum, Carroll O'Connor, Douglas Adams, Mohamed Atta, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, and Balthus. After her are Jacques Mayol, John Lee Hooker, Ashok Kumar, W. G. Sebald, Isaac Stern, and Charles Trenet.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Emilie Schindler ranks 128 out of 1,200. Before her are Jan Neruda (1834), Elizabeth of Görlitz (1390), Bořivoj I, Duke of Bohemia (852), Johann Josef Loschmidt (1821), Jan Švankmajer (1934), and Daniel Swarovski (1862). After her are Věra Čáslavská (1942), Mojmir I of Moravia (795), Anton Reicha (1770), Vratislaus I, Duke of Bohemia (888), Alfred Brendel (1931), and Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia (932).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Czechia

Among social activists born in Czechia, Emilie Schindler ranks 4. Before her are Jan Hus (1369), Bertha von Suttner (1843), and Jan Palach (1948). After her are Joseph von Sonnenfels (1732), and Miroslav Tyrš (1832).

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