Emilie Schindler, Dead at Age 94

Voice of America, October 6, 2001

Emilie Schindler died Saturday at the age of 94 in a hospital outside Berlin.

Mrs. Schindler is the wife of German businessman Oskar Schindler. The couple helped save hundreds of Jews from the Nazis during World War II. Her husband's story was made famous by the Steven Spielberg Oscar-winning movie, Schindler's List, released in 1993.

The Schindlers helped save 1,200 Jews by employing them in their factory. For her efforts, Mrs. Schindler was named one of the "Righteous Among the Nations" by Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial.

In 1949, the Schindlers moved to Argentina, but Mr. Schindler returned to Germany in the 1950s and lived there until his death in 1974. Mrs. Schindler did not return to Germany until this summer. It was her wish to spend her last days in her homeland.

Mrs. Schindler was born on October 22, 1907, in a German-speaking village in today's Czech Republic. She married Oskar Schindler at the age of 20 and moved with him to Krakow, Poland.

Mrs. Schindler died in a hospital in Strausberg, outside Berlin.

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