Poldek Pfefferberg gained a master's degree in philosophy and physical education from the Jagiellonian University.
16 Facts About Poldek Pfefferberg
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Poldek Pfefferberg was a high-school teacher in Krakow until 1939 and the physical education professor at Kosciuszko Gymnasium in Podgorze.
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Poldek Pfefferberg later explained to the Australian novelist Thomas Keneally how he was wounded on the San River where his life was saved by his sergeant major, who carried him to a field hospital.
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Poldek Pfefferberg used a German-issued document to visit his soldiers in a military hospital, and to visit his mother.
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Poldek Pfefferberg later began helping Schindler trade on Krakow's wartime black market.
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Poldek Pfefferberg described Schindler as "a modern Noah," who was able to save a number of Krakow Jews from deportation to the nearby extermination camp at Auschwitz.
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Poldek Pfefferberg tried on a number of occasions to interest the screenwriters and film-makers he met through his business in a film based on the story of Schindler and his actions in saving Polish Jews from the Nazis, arranging several interviews with Schindler for American television.
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In 1980, when Thomas Keneally went into Poldek Pfefferberg's shop to ask about the price of briefcases, Poldek Pfefferberg learned that Keneally was a novelist and showed him his extensive files on Schindler.
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Keneally was interested, and Poldek Pfefferberg became an advisor for the book, accompanying Keneally to Poland where they visited Krakow and the sites associated with the Schindler story.
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Poldek Pfefferberg explained the reasons behind his efforts to have the Schindler story told as:.
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Poldek Pfefferberg claimed to have called Spielberg's office every week for 11 years.
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When in 1992 Spielberg agreed to make the film, Poldek Pfefferberg worked as an advisor, again making the trip to Poland to show Spielberg the sites; he appears in the film's epilogue and is listed in the end credits as a consultant, under the name Leopold Page.
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Poldek Pfefferberg's character appears in the movie, depicted by actor Jonathan Sagall.
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Poldek Pfefferberg has carried the story of Oskar Schindler to all of us.
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Poldek Pfefferberg was a founder of the Oskar Schindler Humanities Foundation, which recognises acts by individuals and organizations, regardless of race or nationality.
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Poldek Pfefferberg died on March 9,2001, aged 87, in Beverly Hills.