"Schindler's List" documents fetch $122K in online auction
CONCORD, New Hampshire A collection of documents from World War II industrialist Oskar Schindler, including a letter he signed that made the way for the rescue of more than 1,000 Jewish factory workers, has fetched more than $122,000 at an online auction.
One person, who wishes to remain anonymous, purchased all of the documents, according to the auction house.
The letter, dated Aug. 22, 1944, describes permission to move Schindler's enamelware factory and its workers from Poland to Czechoslovakia. Historians say that move allowed him to carry out the rescue chronicled in the movie "Schindler's List."
It's believed to be the first known document confirming the move.
The letter was offered by RR Auction in the U.S. The auction, which ended Wednesday, also offered the Krakow factory blueprints.
RR Auction says the document has historical significance because it verifies the dates of the move, which historians had thought began much later.
"These exceptional documents are especially desirable as there are very few from this period in Schindler's life, and their dates and locations 'bookend' the story surrounding the famous 'Schindler's List,'" according to RR Auction.
The sale come about a month after one of the the original "Schindler's Lists" failed to sell on eBay under a $3 million asking price.