Original Schindler’s List For Sale

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

 (JTA) — The only privately held original copy of Oskar Schindler’s list of Jews is on sale for $2.2 million.

Gary Zimet, a historic document sales specialist in upstate New York, told news outlets that he is selling the document on behalf of an anonymous seller. It will not be auctioned but be offered on a “first come, first served” basis on his Web site, MomentsInTime.com, he said.

The list, dated April 18, 1945, is 13 pages and contains 801 names. It was compiled by Schindler and his accountant, Itzak Stern, and made famous decades later in the Oscar-winning film “Schindler’s List.”

 

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