In another bold act, Emilie Schindler led an effort to save more than 100 Jewish male prisoners who arrived at a nearby train station in sealed cattle wagons in January 1945.

But in 1988, he learned the astonishing truth that his father was a version of Oskar Schindler and had saved hundreds of Jewish children from certain death under the Nazis.

A visitor takes a photo at the Museum of Survivors, located in a factory where Oskar Schindler saved some 1200 Jews during WWII, in Brnenec, Czech Republic, Saturday, May 10, 2025.

Europe | NPR Museum opens in Czech Republic at site where Oskar Schindler saved 1,200 Jews The former textile factory in the town of Brněnec was stolen by the Nazis from its Jewish owners in 1938 ...