Oskar Schindler was a very interesting man, he had many different personalities. Some people would even consider him a hero. During World War ll, Oskar saved over 1,200 lives. Although, Oskar Schindler did fail many times as a business man, but in 1939 he found his calling. Oskar saved thousands of Jews by getting involved in with the Nazis and risking his life. Oskar Schindler could be considered a major part in why many Jewish families are alive today. Oskar had many impressions on many different people, if you wanted to know what he was like, it depends who you ask. Oskar Schindler could be described as a cynical, greedy an exploiter of slave workers during World War ll, a black-marketer, gambler, and an alcoholic. “Schindler's wife, Emilie
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The nearest neighbour’s two sons became Oskar`s best friends. In 1928, he fell for a young woman named Emily at eighteen. After six weeks they were married, but Oskar was never without a mistress or two. These affairs resulted in two children. After a few months of marriage, Oskar began to heavily drink alcohol. Shortly after he married Oskar was called into military service. In 1929, during the Great Depression, the Schindler family business went bankrupt. In addition to that, Schindler’s father left his mother, and she died soon after. Finding himself jobless, Oskar found work in nearby Poland as a machinery salesman. “He dived headfirst into the black-market and the underworld and soon made friends with the local Gestapo bigwigs, softening them up with women, money and illicit booze. His newfound connections helped him acquire a factory which he ran with the cheapest labor around: Jewish,” said Susan Pottinger. “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,” said Louis Bülow. In the final analysis, Schindler had a terrible couple of years but he eventually came out of his
The nearest neighbour’s two sons became Oskar`s best friends. In 1928, he fell for a young woman named Emily at eighteen. After six weeks they were married, but Oskar was never without a mistress or two. These affairs resulted in two children. After a few months of marriage, Oskar began to heavily drink alcohol. Shortly after he married Oskar was called into military service. In 1929, during the Great Depression, the Schindler family business went bankrupt. In addition to that, Schindler’s father left his mother, and she died soon after. Finding himself jobless, Oskar found work in nearby Poland as a machinery salesman. “He dived headfirst into the black-market and the underworld and soon made friends with the local Gestapo bigwigs, softening them up with women, money and illicit booze. His newfound connections helped him acquire a factory which he ran with the cheapest labor around: Jewish,” said Susan Pottinger. “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,” said Louis Bülow. In the final analysis, Schindler had a terrible couple of years but he eventually came out of his