Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party rise to power in Germany, leading to widespread anti-Semitic policies.
The Nazis begin the liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto, deporting its inhabitants to the Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp.
Schindler intervenes to save his Jewish workers from deportation to extermination camps by transferring them to his factory.
Schindler compiles a list of over 1,000 Jewish workers to transfer them to a safer factory in Brünnlitz, saving them from the Holocaust.