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How many Jews did the real Schindler save in history?
The Hollywood film Schindler List is based on the true story of German businessman oskar schindler saving Jews in World War II. Recently, a staff member of the New South Wales Library in Australia found a Schindler List that saved thousands of lives. Schindler's list recorded 8,065,438+0 Jewish names. Since yesterday, Schindler's List has been on public display in the New South Wales Library.

Thirty years ago, the writer accidentally got

Recently, the library staff in New South Wales found a Schindler's List in a pile of research abstracts and German newspaper clippings while sorting out six boxes of old manuscripts by writer Thomas Keneally.

However, a spokesman for the library said that the whereabouts of the original list were unknown. Thomas Kennelli is the author of Schindler's Ark, and Schindler's List directed by Steven Allan Spielberg is based on kennelly's novel.

Thirty years ago, Kennedly met the owner Opper Pfeiffer Berg in a briefcase shop. He was a Polish Jewish worker in World War II. When Pfeiffer Berg learned that Kenny was a writer, he gave Kenny the Schindler List, which prompted him to finish Schindler's Ark. Pfeiffer Berg ranks 173 on the list. After finishing this novel, Thomas Keneally sold the reference materials of Schindler's Ark to booksellers. 1996, the Sydney Library bought these seemingly insignificant documents from this bookseller. Booksellers and libraries didn't find this list at first when sorting out documents. In an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald, Thomas Keneally said he was glad that the final destination of this list was the New South Wales Library.

80 1 Jewish name

According to Sydney Library, the copy of Schindler List * * 13 has faded, and * * * recorded the names of 80 1 Jews, recording their age, gender, nationality, birthplace and mechanical skills in detail. Allvine Placke, director of the New South Wales Library, said that Schindler List may be one of the most important historical documents in the 20th century, recording a glimmer of light in the dark ages. Prak said: "This list was hastily typed in April 1945, when World War II was coming to an end. According to the list, with Schindler's help, 80 1 Jews escaped the bad luck of entering the gas chamber. " How long is Schindler's list? A spokesman for the Sydney Library said that this list is only one of Schindler's many lists. There is no authoritative statistical data on how many Jews Schindler himself saved.

Oskar schindler was born in Movalia and now belongs to the Czech Republic. Schindler set up a factory in Krakow, Poland during World War II. He used his identity to hire Jews in Nazi concentration camps, convinced Nazi officials that these workers were crucial to the war, and finally saved hundreds of Jews from being killed by gas. 1963, in recognition of Schindler's deeds of saving Jews in the Holocaust, the Israel Holocaust Memorial Hall awarded Schindler the title of "international righteous man". Oskar schindler died on 1974. 1982, the writer Thomas Keneally won the British Booker Prize for fiction for Schindler's Ark. 1993, the famous director Steven Allan Spielberg adapted the novel into the film Schindler's List and won many Oscar awards.

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