US EditionA museum opens at a former factory in the Czech Republic where Oskar Schindler saved 1,200 Jews
- The Museum of Survivors was inaugurated in Brněnec, Czech Republic, at the historic site of a former factory where Oskar Schindler protected around 1,200 Jewish individuals during the Second World War.
- The museum project arose after the Nazis stole the textile factory in 1938, turning it into a concentration camp where Jewish prisoners were held and worked.
- Daniel Lw-Beer founded the Arks Foundation in 2019 to buy and restore the site, securing regional and EU funding while involving local communities and youth in its design.
- In 1993, Yad Vashem honored Oskar and Emilie Schindler with the title awarded to those who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust, highlighting Oskar’s unique achievement in securing the release of 300 women from Auschwitz while the death camp was still operational.
- The museum aims to preserve history and educate schools, though it is not open daily, and officials acknowledge much restoration remains, including Schindler’s office and SS barracks.
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Museum opens in Czech Republic at site where Oskar Schindler saved 1,200 Jews
A dilapidated industrial site in the Czech Republic where German businessman Oskar Schindler saved 1,200 Jews during the World War II is coming back to life.The site, a former textile factory in the town of Brněnec, about 100 miles east of Prague, was stolen by the Nazis from its Jewish owners in 1938 and turned into a concentration camp. This weekend it welcomed the first visitors to the Museum of Survivors dedicated to the Holocaust and the hi…
New museum opens at Czech industrial site where Schindler saved 1200 Jews
The opening of the Museum of Survivors in Brněnec, 100 miles east of Prague, was timed to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The post New museum opens at Czech industrial site where Schindler saved 1200 Jews appeared first on Jerusalem World News.
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