Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Schindler's List Turns Up at Australian Library


Yes, THE Schindler's List.

From the story...

They don't look much. Thirteen closely typed pieces of yellowing paper, identifying 801 names, ages, nationalities, places of birth and mechanical skills.

Just a list, really, and a carbon copy at that. Indeed, most of the information on the list is "bullshit", according to the leading Australian expert. Yet historian Olwen Pryke was astonished when she discovered it, searching through six boxes of manuscripts buried deep in the subterranean vaults of the State Library of NSW. Sandwiched between newspaper clippings, old photographs and multiple drafts of a novel was one of the most powerful documents of the 20th century: Schindler's list.

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