Emilie Schindler

Emilie Schindler
Schindler in 2000
Born
Emilie Pelzl

(1907-10-22)22 October 1907
Died5 October 2001(2001-10-05) (aged 93)
Strausberg, Germany
NationalityGerman
Known forHumanitarian work
Spouse
(m. 1928; died 1974)
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Emilie Schindler (German: [eˈmiːli̯ə ˈʃɪndlɐ] ; née Pelzl [ˈpɛltsl̩]; 22 October 1907 – 5 October 2001) was a Sudeten German-born woman who, with her husband Oskar Schindler, helped to save the lives of 1,200 Jews during World War II by employing them in his enamelware and munitions factories, providing them immunity from the Nazis. She was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by Israel's Yad Vashem in 1994.


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