Emilie+Schindler

Emilie Pelzl was born October 22, 1907, to the happy couple of Josef and Marie Pelzl in Alt Moletein, Austria-Hungray (today the Czech Republic). Emilie had an older brother, Franz, to whom she was close to. Pelzl’s early life was quiet, and she was quite close to nature and animals. She was great friends with Rita Reif. Emilie was told to not play with her, for Rita Reif was Jewish. Emilie defied this, and was life-long friends with Rita until she was killed in 1942. Emilie first met the handsome Oscar Schindler in 1928 when he came to her father’s farmhouse in Alt Moletein . 6 weeks later, on March 6, 1928 the two were married. About a year later, Oscar h ad lost his job, and he joined the Nazi party. Oscar left for about a year, leaving Emilie in Zwittau. While gone, Oscar was stationed into a Jewish family’s apartment. While there and through the black market, Oscar gained control of a factory. He renamed it //Deutsche Emaillewaren-Fabrik//, and hired Jews to work, for they were the cheapest before the war. Emilie came and joined him. However, after the beginning of World War II and the Holocaust, Oscar and Emilie protected the Jews they had hired, stating that they were essential to the factory’s wealth. The Jews were allowed to stay. In the time of the war, not a single shell or weapon (the factory’s main product) was produced. Instead, the factory was turned into a housing place for 1300 Jews. There was a medical station, where Emilie and a few Jewish women worked, and those who didn’t survive were given a full Jewish burial in a hidden graveyard. All paid for by the Schindlers. In estimate, the Schindlers paid a total of 4 million marks for the Jews, in food, medicine, and clothing, to save them. After the war ended, the couple released the Jews, and moved to Argentina, after being declined into the U.S. since Oscar was in the Nazi party. After failing at becoming a film producer, Oscar settled down in a farm, where he and Emilie raised chickens and nutrias in 1949. Oscar left for Germany in 1957, promising to return with wealth, but he never came back. Oscar Schindler died of poverty in 1974, at the age of 66. Emilie never saw Oscar again. In July 2001, Emilie Schindler requested to go to Germany, where she wanted to spend her last years. Emilie died of a stroke on October 5, 2001. Emilie Schindler was honored for her help saving over 1300 Jews. In fact, in May, 1994, she received the Righteous Among the Nations award, alongside Miep Gies, the woman who helped Anne Frank's family. Overall, Emilie Schindler was a great hero, who fought greatly to protect the Jews in World War II.

__Citations / Sources__ “[|Emilie Schindler].” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 03 October 2014. Web. 08 Dec. 2014. "Emilie Schindler." Emilie Schindler. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Dec. 2014. < [|__http://www.auschwitz.dk/Emilie/Emilie.htm__] >. "Emilie Schindler, An Unsung Heroine." Emilie Schindler, An Unsung Heroine. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Dec. 2014. 

__Emilie Schindler__



Emilie Pelzl was born on October 22, 1907 to the happy parents of Marie and Josef Pelzl. Emilie had one sibling, Franz, and was born in a German- Speak Village (New York Times). Emilie got married on March 6,1928 to Oskar Schindler in an inn (Wikipedia). Together, Emilie and Oskar had no children, but they did have pets (New York Times). When They got married, Emilie moved with Oskar to Krakow, Poland.

Together, Emilie and Oskar saved the lives of 1200-1700 Jews during WW2 from Nazi death camps by employing them into Oskar’s enamelware and ammunitions factories, providing them immunity from the Nazis (Wikipedia and New York Times). In 1957, Oskar went bankrupt, and returned to Germany to take over a Jewish family, where he later died in 1974, even Emilie visited his grave ( Wikipedia and Auschwitz). Even though Emilie and Oskar stopped seeing each other, they never got divorced. On November 1, 2000, Emilie fell and laid alone for hours, when someone found her, she had to have a hip replacement, and go to the home for the elderly (Auschwitz).

When Emilie knew her time was coming to an end, she wished to be buried in Germany, so they put her in a hospital there (Wikipedia). Emilie remained in the hospital from July 21- October 5, 2001, the day she passed away (Wikipedia). Emilie Schindler died from stroke (Wikipedia). Emilie lived a very long and successful life, and died at the age of 93 years old. Even her best friend, Rita, died before her by getting murdered in front of Emilie’s father’s store by a Nazis (Auschwitz). Emilie Schindler received the Righteous Among the Nations award, awarded by Yad Vashem and Miep Gies.

As you can see, Emilie Schindler had happy times, sad times, amazing times, and grateful times in her life just like you and me. Emilie is still a greatly respected person to this day even though her time has already came to an end.

__**Citations/Sources:**__
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"Emilie Schindler". []. Wikimedia Foundation,Inc. 3 October 2014. Web. 08 December 2014.

"Emilie Schindler, 93,Dies;Saved Jews in War". [|http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/08/world/emilie-schindler-93-dies-saved-jews-in-war.html .] Web. 08 December 2014.

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