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Question: The Holocaust was a very sad incident!?
I recently watched "Schindler's List" and it was a very touching story!.The Holocaust always has interested me and I'm curious hOw Oskar schindler died!?and if you have any links to read more about tit can you send them please :]Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Oscar Schindler

Date of Birth: 04/28/1908
Date of Death: 10/09/1974
Age at Death: 66
Cause of Death: Liver failure!.

Oscar Schindler died of liver failure in Frankfurt on the 9th of October, 1974, at an age of 66!. From 1939 to the day he died he was such in love with his Jewish people, that he wanted to be buried in Jerusalem!. Poldek Pfefferberg asked him shortly before he died, why he wanted to be buried here!. He answered :"My children are here !.!.!.!.!."

In faithful acquiescence with his wishes, his earthly remains were taken to Israel, where his lead coffin was carried through the streets of Jerusalem!.

Schindler - to be honest not one of the most devout sons of the church - was buried in the Catholic churchyard on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, in the presence of hundreds of weeping Schindler Jews!.

He was mourned on four continents !.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

In 1971 Oskar Schindler moved to live with friends in Hildesheim, Germany!. Due to a heart complaint he was taken to the Sankt Bernward Hospital in Hildesheim on 12 September 1974, where he died on 9 October 1974, at the age of 66!. The costs for his stay in the hospital were paid from social welfare of the city of Hildesheim!.[9][10] He is buried at the Catholic cemetery at Mount Zion in Jerusalem, the only member of the Nazi party to be so honored!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Liver failure, according to the aftermath section of the website The Oscar Schindler Story that is!. Find A Grave just says he died of liver problems

Below are some links for you to learn more from!. The third is the list!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

here ya go!

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Oskar_Schin!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com