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Schindler's List factory becomes museum
During World War Two, German industrialist Oskar Schindler saved some 1,200 of his Jewish workers from extermination. His enamelware and munitions factories were considered vital for the German war effort and he claimed his workers all had special skills vital for the operation of his factories, whether they had or not. Many of his "skilled mechanics" were in fact children or handicapped people.Schindler became the subject of the book Schindler's Ark and later the movie Schindler's List. Now part of his factory in Krakow has become a museum to the city's war years.
The exhibitions cover the outbreak of the war, the German invasion of Poland, Polish resistance movements, and Schindler's struggle to save his workers. The museum is a branch of the Krakow City Historical Museum. The front page of their website has a short video about Schindler that's quite powerful, even if you don't understand Polish.
Photo courtesy Noa Cafri via Wikimedia Commons.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
carolle Jun 20th 2010 3:51PM
What was the name of the pots and pans made at Schindler's factory?
Debster Jun 20th 2010 4:46PM
DEF maybe?
Larry Cain Jun 20th 2010 5:35PM
Herr Schindler did the best he could and should be remembered for that.
juuyn Jun 20th 2010 7:12PM
loved the movie.
Ray Cregier Jun 21st 2010 9:44AM
I watched Schindler's list in Wroclaw Poland with a group of friends when it first hit theatres, only later did I put the experience together as to what a privlidge it was to have this honor and the opportunity of taking my 15 year old son to see the movie AND to visit Auschwitz/Birkenau along with our Polish friends!
Ray Zakrzewski Cregier, with Alexander my son. AKA paramission@aol.com