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Schindler’s List goes on sale for $2.2million

The only privately owned list drawn up by Oskar Schindler of Jews he helped save from Nazi Germany is now for sale at $2.2 million. The 13-page list of 801 names is dated April 18, 1945, and was made popular by Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-winning movie “Schindler’s List.” Zimet described it as “a true treasure, and […]

Mar 24, 2010 | By Anakin

The only privately owned list drawn up by Oskar Schindler of Jews he helped save from Nazi Germany is now for sale at $2.2 million.

The 13-page list of 801 names is dated April 18, 1945, and was made popular by Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-winning movie “Schindler’s List.”

Zimet described it as “a true treasure, and one of the most important World War II manuscripts that has ever been for sale.”

Zimet is selling the list on a “first come, first served” basis through his Web site MomentsInTime.com.

There were seven different versions of the list, he told AFP, but only four others are known to have survived. Three of those are in museums.

One is in the US Holocaust Museum, one at the German federal archives in Koblenz, and two others are kept at the Yad Vashem museum in Israel.

This list has the names of 801 men, along with their birth dates and occupations.

Schindler spent his fortune from helping Nazi Germany’s industry by feeding the Jews he saved.

After the war, he emigrated to Argentina with his wife but returned to Germany in 1958 where he died in 1974. He was buried in Jerusalem at his own request.

Source: AFP – Photos: Dailymail


 
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