He Joined The Nazi Party. He Saved 1,200 Lives. | The Full Story Of Oskar Schindler

A profiteer, a spy, and a card-carrying member of the Nazi Party saved roughly 1,200 Jewish lives during the Holocaust. He ended up broke, buried in Jerusalem, and recognized as one of the Righteous Among the Nations. This week we take on Oskar Schindler. For the latest in our Heroes of History series, Caleb and Christina tag-team the story of Oskar Schindler. Caleb walks through the early years: the small-town upbringing in Moravia, the expulsion from technical school for forging report cards, the charm-first salesman who stumbled through jobs, and the pivot that mattered most, becoming a spy for German intelligence and joining the Nazi Party for the opportunities it opened up. From there we move to Kraków in 1939, where Schindler takes over a Jewish-owned enamelware factory, hires Jewish workers because they're cheap, and builds a fortune off the war he helped prepare for. Then Christina takes over for the part that matters most. The slow shift that turned a profiteer into one of the most unlikely heroes of the 20th century. How a man with a Nazi pin on his lapel ended up spending everything he had to keep the people on his list alive, and what we can actually learn from a story where the hero was nothing like a hero when it started. Two hosts. One of the most paradoxical lives of the 20th century. A conversation about how change really happens. Check out more episodes on Spotify or Apple at Stuff That We Like/Enjoy at Least at This Point in Time! https://open.spotify.com/show/6TY9yGU... https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Contact us at stuffthatwelikepodcast@gmail.com with any questions, concerns, or corrections! Follow the show on Instagram: @stuffthatwelikepodcast Christina on Instagram: @Cjoyfully Caleb on Instagram: @CalebcMedia #OskarSchindler #HeroesOfHistory #HolocaustHistory #SchindlersList #RighteousAmongTheNations #WorldWar2 #HistoryPodcast #StuffThatWeLike who was Oskar Schindler how did Oskar Schindler save Jewish lives Oskar Schindler Nazi Party member why did Schindler save Jews Oskar Schindler story explained Stuff That We Like Enjoy podcast heroes of history podcast