Oskar Schindler welcomed by hundreds of holocaust survivors in Jerusalem, 1962.
Initially, Schindler was mostly interested in the money-making potential of the business and hired Jews because they were cheaper than Poles—the wages were set by the occupying Nazi regime.
Later he began shielding his workers without regard for cost.The status of his factory as a business essential to the war effort became a decisive factor in enabling him to protect his Jewish workers.