Itzhak Stern

He worked alongside Schindler as the accountant for his enamelware company ( Deutsche Emaillewarenfabrik ) in Kraków and greatly helped in running the company. He is credited with typing the list of names known as Schindler's list , a list of Jews who survived the Holocaust because of Oskar Schindler 's intervention. In their first meeting, Stern informed Schindler that he could use Jewish slave labour to staff his factory at a lower price than Polish laborers. Schindler, recognizing the advantage, took Stern up on his suggestion. Stern was said to be able to bring out the strong moral side of Schindler. Stern, like Schindler, was an opportunist, and he was a main contributor to the rescue of the Schindlerjuden . Stern discovered a way to channel his essentially forced labor for Schindler into a way to help his fellow Jews. As Schindler left Stern to run the factory, he immediately began to give factory jobs to Jews who otherwise would be deemed “nonessential” and would most likely be killed. He forged documents to make teachers and intellectuals appear to be experienced machinists and factory workers. Stern’s motivation to help his people is abundantly clear. He would often advise Schindler about things, mainly the company. He was portrayed in the motion picture Schindler's List by Ben Kingsley . Itzhak Stern's widow appeared at the end of Schindler's List , visiting Oskar Schindler's grave, escorted by Kingsley. His brother Natan Stern was also one of the Schindlerjuden . While the relationship between Itzhak and Oskar was initially purely business, in the end a definite friendship arose. List of the Schindlerjuden , with Itzhak listed as "Stern, Isak" The Real Oskar Schindler Factual account of Oskar Schindler's and Itzhak Stern's work and relationship

Itzhak Stern (January 25, 1901 – 1969) was a man of Jewish faith who worked for German industrialist Oskar Schindler . He was the accountant for Schindler's enamelware company ( Deutsche Emaillewarenfabrik ) in Kraków and greatly helped run the business. He is credited with typing the list of names known as Schindler's list , a list of Jews who survived the Holocaust because of Oskar Schindler's efforts. (There were actually seven lists, of which four are known to have survived. ) On November 18, 1939, Schindler was first introduced to Stern, then an accountant for Schindler's fellow Abwehr agent Josef "Sepp" Aue, who had taken over Stern's formerly Jewish-owned place of employment as a Treuhander (trustee). Schindler showed Stern the balance sheet of a company he was thinking of acquiring, an enamelware manufacturer called Rekord Ltd owned by a consortium of Jewish businessmen that had filed for bankruptcy earlier that year. Stern advised him that rather than running the company as a trusteeship under the auspices of the Haupttreuhandstelle Ost (Main Trustee Office for the East), he should buy or lease the business, as that would give him more freedom from the dictates of the Nazis, including the freedom to hire more Jews. Even though he was Jewish and Schindler a member of the Nazi Party , Schindler was friendly to Stern. In a later meeting, Stern informed Schindler that he could use Jewish slave labour to staff his factory at a lower price than Polish laborers. Schindler, recognizing the advantage, took Stern up on his suggestion. Stern was said to be able to bring out the strong moral side of Schindler. Stern, like Schindler, was an opportunist, and he was a main contributor to the rescue of the Schindlerjuden . Stern discovered a way to channel his essentially forced labor for Schindler into a way to help his fellow Jews. As Schindler left Stern to run the factory, he immediately began to give factory jobs to Jews who otherwise would have been deemed "nonessential" and would most likely have been killed. He forged documents to make teachers and intellectuals appear to be experienced machinists and factory workers. Stern’s motivation to help his people was abundantly clear. He would often advise Schindler about things, mainly the company. He was portrayed in the motion picture Schindler's List (1993) by Ben Kingsley . At the end of the film, Stern's widow appears in a procession of Schindlerjuden survivors and the actors who portrayed them, placing stones on Schindler's grave as a sign of respect. Stern's brother Natan was also one of the Schindlerjuden. While the relationship between Stern and Schindler was initially purely business, by the end, a definite friendship had arisen. List of the Schindlerjuden , with Itzhak listed as "Stern, Isak" Ferrigno, Lorenzo (19 July 2013). "Testimony of Yitzhak Stern: Yitzhak Stern, May 1962, at a meeting of Schindler's survivors with their rescuer in Israel" .

Itzhak Stern (25 January 1901 – 1969) was a Polish-Israeli Jewish Holocaust survivor who worked for Sudeten-German industrialist Oskar Schindler and assisted him in his rescue activities during the Holocaust .

Polish accountant and Holocaust survivor This article is about the accountant. Itzhak Stern (25 January 1901 – 30 January 1969) was a Polish-Israeli Jewish Holocaust survivor who worked for Sudeten-German industrialist Oskar Schindler and assisted him in his rescue activities during the Holocaust .

Polish accountant and Holocaust survivor This article is about the accountant. Itzhak Stern ( Hebrew : יצחק שטרן ; 25 January 1901 – 30 January 1969) was a Polish Jew and a Holocaust survivor , who worked for Sudeten-German industrialist Oskar Schindler and assisted him in his rescue activities during the Holocaust . After World War II , Stern moved to Israel .