" He was an eager opportunist who profited greatly from his association with the Nazi regime. Yet he also saved over 1,300 Jews from the horrors of Hitler's ""final solution."" Schindler's List introduced the world to one of the most intriguing stories to emerge from the Holocaust. Oskar Schindler, a card-carrying Nazi who made a fortune during the war, was also a closet savior whose actions made him a hero to many. BIOGRAPHY chronicles the double life of this contradictory man. In extraordinary interviews, some of the people he saved recall their escape and offer a first person view of Schindler. Authors Thomas Keneally (Schindler's List) and Elinor Brecher (Schindler's Legacy) reveal the excesses to which he fell prey, and explore the soul of towering compassion that compelled him to risk his life to save the condemned.This is a comprehensive portrait of one of the most enigmatic, fascinating and to those he saved beloved figures in history."