I was now resolved to do everything in my power to defeat the system.
― Oskar Schindler

Oskar Schindler (April 28th, 1908 - October 9th, 1974) was an ethnic German industrialist, as well as a spy and member of the Nazi Party who is credited with saving the lives of over 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his enamelware and ammunition factories, which were located in what is now Poland and the Czech Republic respectively. He is the subject of the 1982 novel Schindler's Ark, and the 1993 film adaptation, Schindler's List which highlights the contradictory trajectory of an opportunistic and amoral man initially motivated by profit, who came to show extraordinary initiative, tenacity and dedication in order to save the lives of his Jewish employees, ending his life in poverty.