Oskar Schindler: The Untold Account of His Life, Wartime Activites, and the True Story Behind the List
- ISBN-10
- 0465008496
- ISBN-13
- 9780465008490
- Series
- Oskar Schindler
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 800
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-08-01
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Author
- David Crowe
Description
Spy, businessman, bon vivant, Nazi Party member, Righteous Gentile. This was Oskar Schindler, the controversial savior of almost 12,000 Jews during the Holocaust who struggled afterwards to rebuild his life and gain international recognition for his wartime deeds. Author David Crowe examines every phase of the subject's life in this landmark biography, presenting a figure of mythic proportions that one prominent Schindler Jew described as “an extraordinary man in extraordinary times.”
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