What is the English translation to the text on Oskar Schindler’s gravestone?
I’m curious as to the translation of the text on Schindler’s gravestone. Also, where can I see a copy of the real list?
Oskar Schindler
28.4.1908 – 9.10.1974
[the Hebrew inscription reads 'Righteous Gentile']
The Unforgettable
Saviour of Lifes
of 1200 Persecuted Jews
"In the autumn of 1999 a suitcase belonging to Schindler was discovered, containing over 7,000 photographs and documents, including the list of Schindler’s Jewish workers. The document, on his enamelware factory’s letterhead, had been provided to the SS stating that the named workers were "essential" employees. Friends of Schindler found the suitcase in the attic of a house in Hildesheim, Germany, where he had been staying at the time of his death. The friends took the suitcase to Stuttgart, where its discovery was reported by a newspaper, the Stuttgarter Zeitung. The contents of the suitcase, including the list of the names of those he had saved and the text of his farewell speech before leaving his Jewish workers in 1945, are now at the Holocaust museum of Yad Vashem in Israel."
"In early April 2009, a second list was discovered at the State Library of New South Wales, Australia by workers combing through boxes of materials collected by the author Keneally. The 13-page document, yellow and fragile, was filed between research notes and original newspaper clippings. This list, given to Keneally in 1980 by Leopold Pfefferberg, who was listed as worker number 173, differs slightly from the other list, but is nonetheless considered to be genuine and authentic. It is believed that several lists were made during the war as the protected population changed. This particular list, dated 18 April 1945, was given to Keneally by Pfefferberg when he was persuading Keneally to write Schindler’s story. In the last months of the war, German Nazi camps stepped up their extermination efforts. This list is believed to have saved the lives of 801 people from death in the gas chambers. It was this list, taken with the surrounding events of the time, that inspired Keneally to write his novel"
For the list of "Schindlerjuden", see : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Schindlerjuden
For a PDF of Itzhak Stern’s Original List dated 18/4/1945 : http://www.schindlerslist.com/media/schndlersList.pdf
March 27th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Oskar Schindler
28.4.1908 – 9.10.1974
[the Hebrew inscription reads 'Righteous Gentile']
The Unforgettable
Saviour of Lifes
of 1200 Persecuted Jews
"In the autumn of 1999 a suitcase belonging to Schindler was discovered, containing over 7,000 photographs and documents, including the list of Schindler’s Jewish workers. The document, on his enamelware factory’s letterhead, had been provided to the SS stating that the named workers were "essential" employees. Friends of Schindler found the suitcase in the attic of a house in Hildesheim, Germany, where he had been staying at the time of his death. The friends took the suitcase to Stuttgart, where its discovery was reported by a newspaper, the Stuttgarter Zeitung. The contents of the suitcase, including the list of the names of those he had saved and the text of his farewell speech before leaving his Jewish workers in 1945, are now at the Holocaust museum of Yad Vashem in Israel."
"In early April 2009, a second list was discovered at the State Library of New South Wales, Australia by workers combing through boxes of materials collected by the author Keneally. The 13-page document, yellow and fragile, was filed between research notes and original newspaper clippings. This list, given to Keneally in 1980 by Leopold Pfefferberg, who was listed as worker number 173, differs slightly from the other list, but is nonetheless considered to be genuine and authentic. It is believed that several lists were made during the war as the protected population changed. This particular list, dated 18 April 1945, was given to Keneally by Pfefferberg when he was persuading Keneally to write Schindler’s story. In the last months of the war, German Nazi camps stepped up their extermination efforts. This list is believed to have saved the lives of 801 people from death in the gas chambers. It was this list, taken with the surrounding events of the time, that inspired Keneally to write his novel"
For the list of "Schindlerjuden", see : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Schindlerjuden
For a PDF of Itzhak Stern’s Original List dated 18/4/1945 : http://www.schindlerslist.com/media/schndlersList.pdf
References :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Schindlergrave_20070324.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Schindler
March 27th, 2010 at 10:58 pm
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/Schindlerslist.html
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