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Ich, Emilie Schindler. Erinnerungen einer Unbeugsamen.
229 pages, Hardcover
Published September 1, 2001
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July 11, 2020
First things first: Emilie Schindler was the wife of Oskar Schindler. Secondly: If she was still alive today, she would have scolded me for starting my review with this sentence.
I am under the impression that Emilie's main motivation to write down her memoirs was to make one thing very clear, and that is: She is or was so much more than just the wife of Oskar Schindler. She was right there with him, taking the same or similar risks to save their jewish workers from the Nazis, doing everything in her power to provide food, to keep them warm, to keep them save. And yet when we hear her name, the first (and frankly ONLY) thing that comes to mind is that she was the wife of Oskar Schindler, the great savior of over 1.200 Jews. That’s how she is remembered – and that’s what she hated so much! You can feel her frustration through the pages. While people from all around the world were watching Oskar Schindler on the screen saving Jews in »Schindler’s list«, barely anybody even knew Emilie existed. Steven Spielberg himself mistook her for one of the people Oskar rescued!
But who was the good-hearted and strong Emilie Schindler who helped saving so many lives?
This book does a good job at providing an answer to this question. Although Emilie mainly focuses on her life in exile in the aftermath of the war (particularly telling us of the hardships she endured) and on complaining about not being rewarded for her actions during the holocaust, she also gives an insight into her family history and her marriage with Oskar Schindler. I was most interested in learning about her relationship with Oskar to be honest. So I was very grateful for the private details she shared. We also get to see letters from Oskar to her.
What I appreciated the most about this book, is its honesty. Emilie Schindler is not trying to portray herself as a heroine or make things look better than they really were. Instead, she is this loud, moody and confident woman who is very much aware of the great and honorable things she has done. This makes her appear arrogant at times but, as mentioned above, she is just being honest with herself and the reader. She does not seem to care a bit about what we might think of her. In my opinion, this is a great characteristic to have. Why faking to be somebody we are not, just so that other people will like us?
Emilie Schindler is no longer alive but I am happy she got to tell us who she truly was. She deserves to go down in history as a savior and a fighter of injustice.
Rest in piece!
I am under the impression that Emilie's main motivation to write down her memoirs was to make one thing very clear, and that is: She is or was so much more than just the wife of Oskar Schindler. She was right there with him, taking the same or similar risks to save their jewish workers from the Nazis, doing everything in her power to provide food, to keep them warm, to keep them save. And yet when we hear her name, the first (and frankly ONLY) thing that comes to mind is that she was the wife of Oskar Schindler, the great savior of over 1.200 Jews. That’s how she is remembered – and that’s what she hated so much! You can feel her frustration through the pages. While people from all around the world were watching Oskar Schindler on the screen saving Jews in »Schindler’s list«, barely anybody even knew Emilie existed. Steven Spielberg himself mistook her for one of the people Oskar rescued!
But who was the good-hearted and strong Emilie Schindler who helped saving so many lives?
This book does a good job at providing an answer to this question. Although Emilie mainly focuses on her life in exile in the aftermath of the war (particularly telling us of the hardships she endured) and on complaining about not being rewarded for her actions during the holocaust, she also gives an insight into her family history and her marriage with Oskar Schindler. I was most interested in learning about her relationship with Oskar to be honest. So I was very grateful for the private details she shared. We also get to see letters from Oskar to her.
What I appreciated the most about this book, is its honesty. Emilie Schindler is not trying to portray herself as a heroine or make things look better than they really were. Instead, she is this loud, moody and confident woman who is very much aware of the great and honorable things she has done. This makes her appear arrogant at times but, as mentioned above, she is just being honest with herself and the reader. She does not seem to care a bit about what we might think of her. In my opinion, this is a great characteristic to have. Why faking to be somebody we are not, just so that other people will like us?
Emilie Schindler is no longer alive but I am happy she got to tell us who she truly was. She deserves to go down in history as a savior and a fighter of injustice.
Rest in piece!
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November 5, 2011Am 3.11. war ich bei der Lesung mit Frau Prof. Erika Rosenberg, der Autorin dieses Buches. Das Thema ist natürlich spannend, und Frau Prof. Rosenberg ist unglaublich charismatisch. Ich hätte ihr stundenlang zuhören können - aber leider war kurz nach 22:00 h Schluss.
Jetzt bin ich sehr auf das Buch gespannt! Darin enthalten sind viele Photos und Abbildungen von Dokumenten aus der Zeit von Emilie Schindler
Jetzt bin ich sehr auf das Buch gespannt! Darin enthalten sind viele Photos und Abbildungen von Dokumenten aus der Zeit von Emilie Schindler
March 4, 2025
Emilie Schindler ertrug das Schicksal vieler Zeitgenossinnen, als Ehefrau im Schatten eines bekannten Mannes zu stehen. Und doch hätte Oskar Schindler niemals diese unglaubliche Leistung vollbringen und 1300 Juden vor dem sicheren Tod retten können, wäre nicht diese mutige Frau an seiner Seite gewesen! Denn nur sie war in der Lage, die Ordnung zu wahren, das Versteckspiel zu decken und unter größter Gefahr die nötigen Lebensmittel zu besorgen, während ihr Mann den Schein nach außen wahren und mit den Nazigrößen verhandeln musste.
Trotzdem lebte sie nach dem Krieg viele Jahre lang arm und unerkannt in Argentinien, nur von dankbaren Juden und von einer kleinen Rente unterstützt, bis ihr schließlich am Ende Ihres Lebens doch noch die verdiente Annerkennung zuteil wurde.
Ein ehrliches aber auch bitteres Buch, mit zahlreichen Bildern, herausgegeben von Erika Rosenberg im Verlag LangenMüller. Eine späte Lebensgeschichte, die nachdenklich macht.
Trotzdem lebte sie nach dem Krieg viele Jahre lang arm und unerkannt in Argentinien, nur von dankbaren Juden und von einer kleinen Rente unterstützt, bis ihr schließlich am Ende Ihres Lebens doch noch die verdiente Annerkennung zuteil wurde.
Ein ehrliches aber auch bitteres Buch, mit zahlreichen Bildern, herausgegeben von Erika Rosenberg im Verlag LangenMüller. Eine späte Lebensgeschichte, die nachdenklich macht.
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