Schindler’s List.  (In honor of Yom HaShoah on April 23th and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camps)

Novel by Thomas Keneally (also known as Schindler’s Ark) (1982) - Booker Prize Winner  (1982)

Movie: Schindler’s List (1993) stars Liam Neeson as Schindler & Ralph Fiennes as SS officer.  Directed by Steven Spielberg – Won 7 Academy Awards and 7 BAFTAs.  #3 on AFI’s top movie list (2008)

About Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist who saved more than a thousand mostly Polish–Jewish refugees from the Holocaust by employing them in his factories during World War II.  

Book and Film available from the following public libraries:  Arlington Heights, Cook Memorial (Libertyville) Deerfield, Des Plaines, Ela Area, Evanston, Highland Park,, Indian Trails, Palatine, Mount Prospect, Niles Maine, Northfield, Northbrook, Park Ridge, Skokie, Vernon Area, Winnetka- Glenview.

Questions? Contact Leora at bookclub@KolHadash.com.