'Schindler's list' on sale for $2.2 million

'Schindler's list' on sale for $2.2 million

Only privately held copy of list that Oskar Schindler drew up of Jews to be saved from Hitler's concentration camps is dated April 18, 1945. 'It's arguably the most important World War II document,' says historic document sales specialist Gary Zimet

AFP Published: 03.24.10, 15:33 / Israel Jewish Scene

The only privately held copy of a list that Oskar Schindler drew up of Jews to be saved from Hitler's concentration camps is on sale for $2.2 million, the seller said Monday.

"It's the only one remaining in private hands," said historic document sales specialist Gary Zimet, and is "arguably the most important World War II document."

The list compiled by Schindler and the accountant Itzhak Stern – and made famous in the Hollywood movie "Schindler's List" by Steven Spielberg – is dated April 18, 1945, and 13 pages long, Zimet told AFP.

The names of 801 men are listed along with their occupations and birthdates.

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The background photo shows Itzhak Stern on the right, with Oskar Schindler in the middle. I can't identify the man on the right. Remarkable how similar they look like the actors that portrayed them in the film, Liam Neeson and Ben Kingsley.

think it ought to end up in the hands of the Holocaust Memorial Museum or some place like that.