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| − | '''''Schindler's List''''' is a multiple [[Academy Award]]-winning 1993 picture based on the book ''Schindler's Ark'' by [[Thomas Keneally]]. The film, which was directed by [[Steven Spielberg]], tells the story of [[Oskar Schindler]], a [[Sudeten-German]] [[Roman Catholic]] businessman who was instrumental in saving the lives of over one thousand [[Poland|Polish]] [[Jew]]s during the [[Final Solution]]. The title refers to a list of the names of 1,100 Jews whom Schindler hired to "work" in his factory, but really just to keep them out of the [[Nazi]] concentration camps. | + | '''''Schindler's List''''' is a multiple [[Academy Award]]-winning 1993 picture based on the book ''Schindler's Ark'' by [[Thomas Keneally]]. The film, which was directed by [[Steven Spielberg]], tells the real life story of [[Oskar Schindler]], a [[Sudeten-German]] [[Roman Catholic]] businessman who was instrumental in saving the lives of over one thousand [[Poland|Polish]] [[Jew]]s during the [[Final Solution]]. The title refers to a list of the names of 1,100 Jews whom Schindler hired to "work" in his factory, but really just to keep them out of the [[Nazi]] concentration camps. |
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Schindler's List is a multiple Academy Award-winning 1993 picture based on the book Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally. The film, which was directed by Steven Spielberg, tells the real life story of Oskar Schindler, a Sudeten-German Roman Catholic businessman who was instrumental in saving the lives of over one thousand Polish Jews during the Final Solution. The title refers to a list of the names of 1,100 Jews whom Schindler hired to "work" in his factory, but really just to keep them out of the Nazi concentration camps.