The Promise That Cost Everything

In 1944, as Allied bombs shook the factories of Kraków, Oskar Schindler sat across from Amon Göth and began purchasing human lives. His workers — over a thousand Jewish men, women, and children — had done nothing to earn their rescue. They could not negotiate the terms. They could not contribute to the price. Schindler spent every reichsmark he had, bribing, bargaining, and leveraging every connection until his fortune was gone and his people were safe.…