Schindler's Ark

Thomas Keneally

Book 1982 of Booker Winners

Language: English

Publisher: Sceptre

Published: Oct 18, 1982

Page Count: 536
Word Count: 144,311

Description:

Jokes aside, Oskar, my dear fellow, you'd be a fool if you got a real taste for some little Jewish skirt. They don't have a future Oskar. That's not old-fashioned Jew-hate talking, I assure you. It's policy.

As thousands faced death in Nazi-occupied Poland an unlikely saviour materialised in the shadow of Auschwitz. Oskar Schindler was a heavy-drinking, womanising German industrialist whom the war transformed into a man with a mission. This is an incredible story of huge risks and enormous gains, as Schindler defied and outwitted the SS to protect the beleaguered Jews who worked for him.