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This exhibition tells the story of Oskar Schindler, the German-Catholic industrialist and rescuer of Jews during the Holocaust who was the subject of the film Schindler's List. Following the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939, Schindler moved to Krakow and established an enamel works on the city's outskirts in Zablocie. That factory became a haven for about 900 Jewish workers, providing them relief from the brutality of the Plaszow labor camp nearby. In October 1944, Schindler was granted permission to relocate his enamel works to Bruennlitz, Czechoslovakia (this time as an armaments factory) and to take with him the Jewish workers from Zablocie. Through negotiations and bribes that depleted his war profits, Schindler was able to transfer more than 1,000 Jewish workers from Plaszow, ensuring their humane treatment and ultimately saving their lives.

"[The] exhibition...helps people become aware of the horror that can come from hatred."

—Battle Creek Chronicle, 2002

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Past venues

This exhibition appearing in the following venues:

2010

Hot Springs, AR
April 19, 2010 through May 31, 2010
Garland County Public Library

Greenville, PA 16125
February 24, 2010 through April 7, 2010
Thiel College

Los Gatos, CA
January 18, 2010 through February 12, 2010
Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley

2009

San Jose, CA
December 18, 2009 through January 15, 2010
County of Santa Clara sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley

Petaluma, CA
November 10, 2009 through December 13, 2009
Petaluma Historical Museum

Great Neck, NY
April 19, 2009 through May 1, 2009
Temple Israel of Great Neck

2008

Canyon, TX
November 1, 2008 through December 13, 2008
Cornette Library at West Texas A&M University

Youngstown, OH
September 10, 2008 through October 22, 2008
Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor

New Orleans, LA
June 10, 2008 through August 30, 2008
The National World War II Museum

Big Rapids, MI
April 5, 2008 through June 1, 2008
Ferris State University, Rankin Art Gallery

Frankenmuth, MI
February 13, 2008 through March 26, 2008
Frankenmuth Historical Museum

2007

Manhattan, KS
December 22, 2007 through February 2, 2008
Kansas State University

Marquette, MI
November 1, 2007 through December 12, 2007
Northern Michigan University

Monmouth, IL
August 25, 2007 through October 25, 2007
Buchanan Center for the Arts

Cincinnati, OH
May 5, 2007 through August 15, 2007
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

Johnstown, PA
March 10, 2007 through April 25, 2007
Beth Sholom Temple

Niceville, FL
January 15, 2007 through February 25, 2007
Okaloosa-Walton College Arts Center Galleries

2006

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
October 8, 2006 through December 15, 2006
Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre

Sidney, MT
August 25, 2006 through September 23, 2006
MonDak Heritage Center

Zanesville, OH
July 3, 2006 through August 12, 2006
Muskingum County Library

Scottsdale, AZ
March 16, 2006 through June 21, 2006
Sylvia Plotkin Judaica Museum

Woodward, OK
January 23, 2006 through March 4, 2006
Plains Indians & Pioneer Museum

2005

Spartanburg, SC
November 1, 2005 through January 11, 2006
Spartanburg County Public Library

Maitland, FL
September 18, 2005 through October 23, 2005
Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Central Florida

Port Allen, LA
July 20, 2005 through August 25, 2005
West Baton Rouge Museum

New Castle, PA
May 26, 2005 through July 7, 2005
The Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts

Muskegon, MI
February 14, 2005 through May 13, 2005
Muskegon County Museum

2004

Overland Park, KS
December 13, 2004 through January 29, 2005
Johnson County Library

Albuquerque, NM
October 18, 2004 through November 30, 2004
New Mexico Holocaust and Intolerance Museum and Study Center

Portsmouth, VA
July 23, 2004 through October 3, 2004
Portsmouth Museum - Courthouse Galleries

Cocoa, FL
June 18, 2004 through July 9, 2004
Central Brevard County Library System/Central Brevard Library and Reference Center

Bristol, TN
May 2, 2004 through May 28, 2004
The Old Custom House
with B'nai Sholom Congregation

St. Augustine, FL
March 15, 2004 through April 23, 2004
St. Johns County Public Library System/Southeast Branch Library

Eufaula, OK
January 22, 2004 through February 10, 2004
Eufaula Memorial Library

2003

Washington Township, NJ
November 24, 2003 through December 19, 2003
Bergen County Y (JCC)

New Haven, CT
September 29, 2003 through November 7, 2003
Ethnic Heritage Center, Southern Connecticut State University

Dallas, TX
April 14, 2003 through May 23, 2003
Biblical Arts Center

Philadelphia, PA
February 17, 2003 through March 28, 2003
St. Joseph's College

2002

Battle Creek, MI
December 23, 2002 through January 31, 2003
Temple Beth El

Charleston, WV
September 2, 2002 through October 11, 2002
West Virginia Division of History and Culture

 

 

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