Oskar Schindler & 11572 Schindler Asteroid - Svitavy, Czech Republic
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N 49° 45.437 E 016° 27.467
33U E 604997 N 5512665
Oskar Schindler (28 April 1908, Zwittau, Moravia, Austria-Hungary - now Svitavy, Czech Republic – 9 October 1974 Hildesheim, West Germany) was an ethnic German industrialist, German spy...
Waymark Code: WMTP0Q
Location: Pardubický kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 12/20/2016
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...German spy, and member of the Nazi party who is credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his enamelware and ammunitions 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 subsequent 1993 film Schindler's List, which reflected his life as an opportunist initially motivated by profit who came to show extraordinary initiative, tenacity, and dedication in order to save the lives of his Jewish employees.
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11572 Schindler Asteroid is a main-belt asteroid.
Discovered by: E. W. Elst
Date of discovery: 15. 9. 1993
Place of discovery: European Southern Observatory