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Oskar Schindler

1908 - 1974

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Oskar Schindler (German: [ˈɔskaʁ ˈʃɪndlɐ] ; 28 April 1908 – 9 October 1974) was a German industrialist, humanitarian, and member of the Nazi Party who is credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his enamelware and ammunitions factories in occupied Poland and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. He is the subject of the 1982 novel Schindler's Ark and its 1993 film adaptation, Schindler's List. Schindler grew up in Zwittau, Moravia, and worked in several trades until he joined the Abwehr, the military intelligence service of Nazi Germany, in 1936. Before the beginning of the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1938, he collected information on railways and troop movements for the German government. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oskar Schindler is the 7th most popular businessperson (down from 5th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 11th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Czech Businessperson.

Oskar Schindler was a German businessman who saved the lives of more than 1,000 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his factories.

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Among businesspeople, Oskar Schindler ranks 7 out of 847. Before him are Ivana Trump, Howard Hughes, Cecil Rhodes, Pierre de Coubertin, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffett. After him are George Soros, John D. Rockefeller, Jeff Bezos, Sepp Blatter, Bernie Madoff, and Vince McMahon.

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Among people born in 1908, Oskar Schindler ranks 4. Before him are Simone de Beauvoir, James Stewart, and Enver Hoxha. After him are Salvador Allende, Abraham Maslow, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Lyndon B. Johnson, Herbert von Karajan, Lev Landau, Otto Skorzeny, and Amon Göth. Among people deceased in 1974, Oskar Schindler ranks 2. Before him is Charles Lindbergh. After him are Georgy Zhukov, Georges Pompidou, Amin al-Husseini, Juan Perón, Ayub Khan, Patrick Blackett, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, James Chadwick, Pär Lagerkvist, and Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr..

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Oskar Schindler ranks 12 out of 1,200. Before him are Antonín Dvořák (1841), Jan Hus (1369), John Amos Comenius (1592), Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1316), Bedřich Smetana (1824), and Milan Kundera (1929). After him are Alphonse Mucha (1860), Václav Havel (1936), Rainer Maria Rilke (1875), Edmund Husserl (1859), Jan Žižka (1360), and Bertha von Suttner (1843).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Czechia

Among businesspeople born in Czechia, Oskar Schindler ranks 2. Before him are Ivana Trump (1949). After him are Tomáš Baťa (1876), and Petr Kellner (1964).

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