European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse C t0 i Oskar Schindler Savior of 1,200 jews memorial loj i it Ltd in nips. Sch Ndler Gal Moko nol reception when a Al Iliad Liral Tail a or. Toff chord or right. A Zandt Ouander. Up staff writer arrest Germany announced recently w that it u preparing to put on Trul Early next year m a accused of com pal Day in the murder of Tara u to 4 million twi at Auschwitz nazi Germany s Art Urr tilt death Camp. Tom Mot the announcement had Par Tumau moaning. It u Man famed and Crad or a tilth program of another tart the Savins Ella not in destruction. Against the ill Slont who Dubli to Pluck 300 twi out of auth with , at 88, Behl Ndler is Bulky Brawny Frankfurt it Manl contractor Florid of tact and with a Halo of fraying hair. Juan it East atty that of Richard ban Lait film of i r m at aug Choiu and among the m awaiting g Lory we by Placid on Iho record at he trial. Behind Ltd i can Bingold now. La . Was born to Well to do Catho it Paytt at owl Tau la Cuchoa Lovalla i Gad Unland. And by cart a German by an Bazar of when Adolf he Lutr occur Ltd the country. By to Ltd adn Ullh Taro canards counter intelligence organization u a Al Tulan expert on the new moravian protect canst the Vilart of War with he lir i invasion of Poland in 1939.tftead a Schindler said. Put on a Nail uniform or go into War with the help of German army Friend he waa in an enamelware actor in Cracow Plasun that Witni into production making Shell ratings and pot sad Dan for the War mock. The factory had Aop Euth and Stven jowls a went normally. Sch Ndler it called until the nails began turning the screws baht on us that s when the Pis set lift of Oskar sch Endter. A lift of reluctant cooperation with the nails under went an abrupt change. He remembered an Twa wort crammed into of ghetto. Only Twa working in War Industry Odd Lav the ghetto and than Only Dur ing the Day. Only of ult the ghetto was saturday Junt 15, 1963 then enough food. My jews got it they flocked to me whole families. The word spread Schindler treated jews Shuman by the end of the first year Schindler had Iso jowls a workers. By March 1942,Goa Schindler cared about keeping us allot 1 his workers testified later in a letter to the american joint distribution committee. During the whole time we were with him no single human being died anything but u natural in March 1s42, Schindler faced Hli first major challenger. The Cracow ghetto Witt do solved and All its jews with it. Schlund Ler protested to the local nazi commander. Me needed More not fewer workers,"1 wheeled and Schindler said. Ills 950 jews stayed and he got 430 More. Part of the Deal was that he House themis a concentration Camp within it factory. My jews trusted Schindler prayed every night for papa Schlund Ler. I d promised to bring them through the War alive. I had to his jewish workers Schindler had to pay rent la Ute nails. To feed them properly he diverted a fourth of his Pott and pins into the Black Market bartering or food and every step of the Way he had to bribe nails civilian Wolfl Cesli and military officers of Schindler s Graa Lesl problems was in keeping families together another thing he had promised his jews. He recalls null inspections of his factory with a children Loo Young to pass As work ers were he suld one such child was sex Yosr old Alex Ander Rosecr Che son of Henry and Mari Anne Rosecr. In june 1937. A Cundler was the guest of the rosters Al their Elm Hurst . Home. Henry Rosner is a restaurant violinist. Alexander who Vised Toldt inside empty munitions cases when the nails appeared. Is a former us. Naval officer married with a child of his now an electro Cal Engineer during ont factory inspection an s3 col Onel become angered by a jew named la mus who was working too slowly. Schindler told the Story shoot that Lazy jew As an example us photos the colonel ordered a subordinate. As a Junior officer upholstered his Lueger Pis Tol to comply Schindler took the Man s Arm Don t shoot him it begged. Twill Hurt factory the colonel had moved on and the Young Nail hesitated then Osman did what s Init for or a Deal was made for a bottle of Vodka and the Man was spared. Three times Schindler was arrested on suspicion of bribery but each Lime he Man aged to reach friends in the army who got him off. In july 1944, came one of Schindler s greatest crises. The run ans were pushing into Poland and All Cracow Region War plants were ordered moved to rear could move his Plant to Germony proper but not the jews. He could move to Moravia but the moravian protectorate barred jews from War Industry. U seemed the end of papa Schindler s one Man War on death. Eight Hundred of his men were shipped to the Gram Rosen concentration Camp. Their 3u wives mothers and Chil Dren were sent to aug Choiu. But Schindler again pulled strings i Cracow. In Moravia and Al High command in Berlin. Through the efforts of various Well placed anti nazi friends he got special permission to Settle his jews in Moravia u he could get them out of Oross Rosen and Auschwitz. Again bribery did it. He bargained his entire remaining Stock of pots and pans on the Black Market in re turn for told and jewelry. The Gold and jewelry went to the men running Gross Rosen and Schindler had his 800 men workers Back. The women and children at Auschwitz however seemed doomed and every Day the Gas ovens loomed closer for Schindler s face brightened As he told what happened "1 had a Secretary a Lusty blonds. A real German woman an is Captain name Schwartz had a weakness for her. And she told me she wanted Loiry to get tha women oui of Auschwitz she went to Auschwitz with 300 names and a Diamond ring. Three Days later 1 walked into the Auschwitz is office. It the stars and stripes stank like a distillery. Schwartz and two other officers wort Ultra passed out. So was my St rotary almost As far font. Bursht waved in my fact the signed order re leasing my women sch Ndler started up his Bow factory Ambrunn lots in Moravia but things became hard. Moravian officials were hostile tothe Man who had circumvented the str ban on jews. Food grew scarce under it strict Rule and conditions worse As defeat of the nazis up Proscher and chaos set in. But Schlund Ler kept his jews together and one Dor Gol some More. Ont morning he sold i received Telephone Call from a Friend who waa railway official. I said than were two cattle can full of jews won out Tram forced labor at the Gol Lechau Quarry. Tat cars Wen on a siding at owl Tau. 1 called the is and said i needed Man workers. I said 1 had Hoard about the people at owl Tau and could i have them. Permission waa people in the can wort dead. Then Wen 114 More just living got them to the factory u Tome warmth and War waa it Orang its and for Schlund Ler and his jews. Russian guns wan Boom ing always gift of hit Witt s Diamond rim to the is curly Pollet chief of the ant so band ice obtained 90 carbines 10 machine guns.500 hand grenades a dozen Bazooka Lytt weapons and cases of ammunition to Delend my factory against the on May 9. Mud the nazis fled. I prom lied to stay with my jews until not min utes past Midnight Schindler sold. Then i drove out of it factory with a truckload of the younger men who wanted to sir let for the Wesl and the oncoming remaining jews. Under their polish officers presented arms in Parade rank Sas Schindler drove out the Camp Gate. Three Days later on May 12, sch Ndler and his Young band made con ocl with it americans. It found a jewish chaplain and said to him tall them in Palestine. In new York in London these an it gave it chaplain the ust of his woo jews pm 11
