15+ True Stories That Inspired Epic Hollywood Films

Published on 06/06/2017
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Schindler’s List

Thomas Keneally’s book ‘Schindler’s Ark’ told the story of the German Oskar Schindler, a Nazi Party member who saved about 1,200 Jews from the Holocaust. Schindler employed the Jews in his ammunition’s and enamelware factories. Furthermore, he is the only Nazi Party member buried in Mount Zion in Jerusalem, Israel.

Schindler’s List

Schindler’s List

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12 Years A Slave

New York State-born Solomon Northup was kidnapped and sold into slavery, even though he was born to free slaves. For 12 years, he was held captive and forced to work at a plantation in Louisiana. He penned his entire ordeal until a Canadian working on the same plantation got his story to New York, where Governor Washing Hunt helped him return to the Big Apple and live in freedom. What’s shocking is that Northup’s captors never received any punishment.

12 Years A Slave

12 Years A Slave

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