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During the Holocaust, businessman Oskar Schindler protected more than 1,000 Jews from deportation to Auschwitz.
Oskar Schindler is one of the most famous rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust. During World War II, Schindler ran an enamelware factory, known as "Emalia," in German-occupied Kraków. There, he employed Jewish forced laborers from the Kraków ghetto and the Plaszow camp. After witnessing the Nazis’ brutality and violence against Jews, Schindler decided to protect as many Jewish forced laborers as he could. In 1944, he transferred part of his factory to the town of Brünnlitz in the Sudetenland. He…
Oskar Schindler is one of the most famous rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust. During World War II, Schindler ran an enamelware factory, known as "Emalia," in German-occupied Kraków. There, he employed Jewish forced laborers from the Kraków ghetto and the Plaszow camp. After witnessing the Nazis’ brutality and violence against Jews, Schindler decided to protect as many Jewish forced laborers as he could. In 1944, he transferred part of his factory to the town of Brünnlitz in the Sudetenland. He…
Oskar Schindler is one of the most famous rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust. During World War II, Schindler ran an enamelware factory, known as "Emalia," in German-occupied Kraków. There, he employed Jewish forced laborers from the Kraków ghetto and the Plaszow camp. After witnessing the Nazis’ brutality and violence against Jews, Schindler decided to protect as many Jewish forced laborers as he could. In 1944, he transferred part of his factory to the town of Brünnlitz in the Sudetenland. He…
On December 7, 1941, Japan launched an attack on the American navel base at Pearl Harbor. The following day, the United States declared war on Japan, entering into World War II. World War II in the Pacific ended when Japan surrendered on S...
Diaries reveal some of the most intimate, heart-wrenching accounts of the Holocaust. They record in real time the feelings of loss, fear, and, sometimes, hope of those facing extraordinary peril. Stanislava Roztropowicz kept a diary from 1943-1944...
Photographer and renowned photojournalist Yevgeny Khaldei covered the events of World War II from Moscow to Berlin. Explore some of his images.
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