After the war, Schindler and his wife Emilie immigrated to Argentina. In 1957, permanently separated but not divorced from Emilie, Schindler returned alone to Germany. In 1962, Yad Vashem awarded Schindler the title "Righteous Among the Nations" in recognition of his efforts to save Jews during the Holocaust at great personal risk. Emilie was similarly honored in 1993.
Schindler died in Germany, poor and almost unknown in 1974. Many of those whose survival he facilitated payed for the transfer of his body for burial in Israel. In 1993, the United States Holocaust Memorial Council presented the Museum's Medal of Remembrance to Schindler. Rarely presented, this medal honors deserving recipients for extraordinary deeds during the Holocaust and in the cause of Remembrance.
Schindler died in Germany, poor and almost unknown in 1974. Many of those whose survival he facilitated payed for the transfer of his body for burial in Israel. In 1993, the United States Holocaust Memorial Council presented the Museum's Medal of Remembrance to Schindler. Rarely presented, this medal honors deserving recipients for extraordinary deeds during the Holocaust and in the cause of Remembrance.