When did Oskar Schindler join the Nazi party?
My research has shown that Oskar Schindler joined the National Socialist (Nazi) Party in 1939. He applied for membership Feb. 10, 1939 and his membership was granted and he was member number, 6,421,477. He was appox. 31 years of age at the time he joined. He was very charismatic and stood in good stead with many influential Nazi people at that time in Germany. This, plus his obvious wealth, courage, and humanitarian conscience helped him save approx. 1200 Jewish people from death, whom he employed in his enamel-ware factory in Krakow, a short distance from the Plaszow concentration/death camp, where the infamous SS officer, Amon Goeth was commandant. This was portrayed in the Steven Speilberg movie “Schindlers’ List” based on the book “Schindlers Ark” by Tom Keneally. (Schindlers original member Nazi party card is still held in the archives of the Berlin Documents Centre (B.D.C.) in Berlin Germany) .Oskar Schinldler has been buried on the Catholic cemetary on Mt.Zion, in Isreal. (It al
