- There are more than six thousand descendants of the "Schindlers Jews" throughout the world.
- Saved more Jews during the Holocaust than any other private person. His enamel plant was a haven from the Nazis for over thousand people at best.
- Spent his last years living in poverty.
- On his grave, the Hebrew inscription reads: "Righteous among the Nations", an honorific used by the State of Israel to describe non-Jews who risked their lives during the Holocaust to save Jews from extermination by the Nazis. The German inscription reads: "The Unforgettable Lifesaver of 1200 Persecuted Jews".
- Schindler's widow, Emilie Schindler, dies in a hospital in Berlin, Germany. (October 5, 2001)
- Is portrayed by Liam Neeson in Schindler's List (1993).
- He was a very heavy drinker and possessed an exceptionally high tolerance for alcohol. He used this to his advantage by going out for drinks with high-ranking Nazi officers to make business deals. They would get very drunk while he was able to stay clear-headed.
- He began his campaign to save the lives of Jewish people almost as soon as World War II began.
- Mimi Reinhard, who typed the Schindler's List, was born Carmen Koppel Wiener Neustadt, Austria, on 15 January 1915 and died in Herzliya, Israel, 8 March 2022.
- Had a sister, Elfriede (b. 1915).
- He was a motorcycle enthusiast.
- He was a member of the Abwehr, German military intelligence, which was run by Admiral Canaris, who was secretly a member of the anti-Nazi German Resistance.
- His remarkable story only became known to the world due to Thomas Keneally met Poldek Pfefferberg in a leather goods store that Pfefferberg owned and operated in Beverly Hills, California and learning about Schindler.
- He is the only member of the Nazi Party to be honored with a resting place on Mount Zion.
- All of his businesses after his munitions factory were failures and he spent his years after the war living on donations from Jewish organizations.
- Was expelled from school in 1924 for forging his report card.
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