Oscar Schindler, German who saved thousands of Jews

May 05, 1962 - The Man who saved 11, 100 Jews: Hundreds of Jews and their families turned out at Lydda Airport, Israel, recently to welcome Oscar Schindler, a Sudeten-born German, of Frankfurt, who is said to have been responsible for saving 11, 100 Jews from the Nazi persecutions during the last war. He employed the Jews in a factory he operated at Zabloczech, near Cracow (Kracow), Poland, and although often questioned by the occupation forces always averted danger by exploiting contacts. He was brought to Israel as a guest of the government to take part in the ceremony of planting the first saplings in The Avenue of Righteous Gentiles today to commemorate non-Jews who helped Jews against the Nazis during the war. Photo shows Mr Schindler on arrival at Lydda Airport, Israel, recently

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