--- title: Oskar Schindler Death Anniversary and the Only Nazi at Mt. Zion description: Oct. 9, 1974: Oskar Schindler, the inspiration for 'Schindler's List,' dies canonical: https://time.com/3462544/oskar-schindler/ author: Jennifer Latson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-09T14:30:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T10:35:23.739Z article:section: History og:title: Oskar Schindler Death Anniversary and the Only Nazi at Mt. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. by [Jennifer Latson](https://time.com/author/jennifer-latson/) ## Jennifer Latson Oct 9, 2014 2:30 PM UTC  Visitors honor hero Oskar Schindler by placing stones on his grave in Jerusalem Visitors honor hero Oskar Schindler by placing stones on his grave in Jerusalem Ed Kashi—National Geographic/Getty Images by [Jennifer Latson](https://time.com/author/jennifer-latson/) ## Jennifer Latson Oct 9, 2014 2:30 PM UTC Oskar Schindler, the real man who inspired _Schindler’s List_, got off to a less-than-heroic start. Taking advantage of the Nazis’ ouster of a Polish factory’s original owner, a Jew, he exploited the cheap Jewish labor of the Krakow ghetto to turn a massive profit, which he used to fund his playboy lifestyle. But witnessing the horrors of war changed him, as is explained by Yad Vashem’s [profile](http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/righteous/stories/schindler.asp) of the man whose gravestone — after his death 40 years ago today, on Oct. 9, 1974 — would note that he rescued 1,200 Jews. The profits he had once funneled into his own pleasure or used for bribes that advanced his business interests were soon reserved for hiding and feeding hundreds of Jews, forging identification papers for them and bribing Nazi officers into releasing prisoners from concentration camps. The one-time gambler staked his life on the decision, as well as his money; he was arrested twice by the Gestapo but freed with the help of well-connected — and presumably well-paid — friends in the German army, according to his [obituary](http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E02E2DC103DEF32A25750C1A9669D946590D6CF&module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar%2C%7B%221%22%3A%22RI%3A10%22%7D) in the _New York Times._ He survived the war, but his money did not. The former war profiteer and onetime Nazi spy who became known as one of history’s greatest humanitarians found himself penniless after World War II, when Soviet troops commandeered the factory where he had made a fortune manufacturing enamelware, then ammunition. A handout from an American Jewish organization helped finance his move to Argentina, where he bred nutria for fur. That venture failed, as did a second enterprise he undertook upon relocating to Germany. There he bought a concrete factory, which went bankrupt, as recounted in the book [_Oskar Schindler: The Untold Account of His Life, Wartime Activities and the True Story Behind the List_](http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/24/books/24schi.html?pagewanted=all&position=&module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar%2C%7B%221%22%3A%22RI%3A10%22%7D&%5Fr=0). After Oskar Schindler sacrificed his livelihood to save more than 1,000 Jews from World War II death camps, he came to rely on Jewish charity for his own survival. For much of the rest of his life, Schindler lived meagerly in Frankfurt, in a one-room apartment financed by donations from those around the world who were grateful for his wartime sacrifice. Even after his death, Schindler was looked after. He was interred in the Catholic cemetery on Mount Zion in Jerusalem — and is, [according](http://articles.latimes.com/1993-12-15/entertainment/ca-1949%5F1%5Fsteven-spielberg) to Thomas Keneally, the author of _Schindler’s List_, the only member of the Nazi Party ever to have been buried there. **_Read TIME’s review of_** **Schindler’s List** **_, here in the archives_**: [Heart of Darkness](http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,979812,00.html) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3462544/oskar-schindler/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3462544/oskar-schindler/"},"headline":"There's a Nazi Buried on Mount Zion in Israel — For a Good Reason","datePublished":"2014-10-09T14:30:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:35:23.739Z","description":"Oct. 9, 1974: Oskar Schindler, the inspiration for 'Schindler's List,' dies","url":"https://time.com/3462544/oskar-schindler/","keywords":["conflict","Israel","World War II","People","WWII"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt029641ea4a37ad85/6986a731cd684800eb096d8a/schindler.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jennifer Latson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jennifer-latson/"}],"articleSection":"History","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt029641ea4a37ad85/6986a731cd684800eb096d8a/schindler.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Oskar Schindler's Grave","caption":"Oskar Schindler's Grave","creditText":"Ed Kashi—National Geographic/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/history/","name":"History"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/conflict/","name":"conflict"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3462544/oskar-schindler/","name":"There's a Nazi Buried on Mount Zion in Israel — For a Good Reason"}}]}] ```