Emilie Schindler | |
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 Schindler in 2000 | |
| Born | Emilie Pelzl 22 October 1907 |
| Died | 5 October 2001 (aged 93) Strausberg, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Known for | Humanitarian work |
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| Righteous Among the Nations |
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Emilie Schindler (German: [eˈmiːli̯ə ˈʃɪndlɐ] ; née Pelzl [ˈpɛltsl̩]; 22 October 1907 – 5 October 2001) was a Sudeten German-born woman who, with her husband Oskar Schindler, helped to save the lives of 1,200 Jews during World War II by employing them in his enamelware and munitions factories, providing them immunity from the Nazis. She was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by Israel's Yad Vashem in 1994.