Oskar Schindler is buried in the Catholic cemetery on Mount Zion in Jerusalem — a German industrialist laid to rest in Israel because of the 1,200 Jewish men and women he protected during World War II. Visitors leave stones on his grave, a Jewish tradition of remembrance. Just steps away, at Yad Vashem, a tree grows in the Garden of the Righteous in his name. From Kraków to Brněnec to Jerusalem, Schindler’s story spans three countries — and today more than 8,500 descendants are alive because the
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Oskar Schindler is buried in the Catholic cemetery on Mount Zion in Jerusalem — a German industrialist laid to rest in Israel because of the 1,200 Jewish men and women he protected during World War II. Visitors leave stones on his grave, a Jewish tradition of remembrance. Just steps away, at Yad Vashem, a tree grows in the Garden of the Righteous in his name. From Kraków to Brněnec to Jerusalem, Schindler’s story spans three countries — and today more than 8,500 descendants are alive because the
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