Poldek Pfefferberg

Poldek Pfefferberg
Poldek Pfefferberg
Born	Leopold Pfefferberg; March 20, 1913; Kraków, Grand Duchy of Cracow, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died	March 9, 2001 (aged 87); Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Resting place	Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery
Nationality	Polish, American
Other names	Leopold Page
Alma mater	Jagiellonian University, Kraków
Occupations	Teacher; Army officer; shopkeeper;
Known for	Surviving the Holocaust, motivating creation and production of Schindler's List
Spouse	Ludmila Lewison (m. 1941)
Children	2
Notes

Leopold "Poldek" Pfefferberg (March 20, 1913 – March 9, 2001), also known as Leopold Page,^[1] was a Polish-American Holocaust survivor who inspired the Australian writer Thomas Keneally to write the Booker prize-winning novel Schindler's Ark, which in turn was the basis for Steven Spielberg's critically acclaimed 1993 film Schindler's List.

Poldek Pfefferberg
Born	Leopold Pfefferberg (1913-03-20)March 20, 1913 Kraków, Grand Duchy of Cracow, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died	March 9, 2001(2001-03-09) (aged 87) Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Resting place	Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery
Nationality	Polish, American
Other names	Leopold Page
Alma mater	Jagiellonian University, Kraków
Occupations	Teacher Army officer shopkeeper
Known for	Surviving the Holocaust, motivating creation and production of Schindler's List
Spouse	Ludmila Lewison (m. 1941)
Children	2
Notes
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