Editing Oskar Schindler (section)

==Early life and education==
Schindler was born on 28 April 1908, into a [[Sudeten German]] family in [[Zwittau]], [[Moravia]], [[Austria-Hungary]]. His father was Johann "Hans" Schindler, the owner of a farm machinery business, and his mother was Franziska "Fanny" Schindler (née Luser). His sister, Elfriede, was born in 1915. After attending primary and secondary school, Schindler enrolled in a technical school, from which he was expelled in 1924 for forging his report card. He later graduated but did not take the ''[[abitur]]'' exams that would have enabled him to go to university. Instead, he took courses in [[Brno]] in several trades, including chauffeuring and machinery, and worked for his father for three years. A motorcycle enthusiast since his youth, he bought a 250-cc [[Moto Guzzi]] racing motorcycle and competed recreationally in mountain races for the next few years.{{sfn|Crowe|2004|pp=2–7}}

On 6 March 1928 Schindler married [[Emilie Schindler|Emilie Pelzl]], daughter of a prosperous Sudeten German farmer from [[Maletín|Maletein]].{{sfn|Schindler|Rosenberg|1997|pp=4–6, 26}} They moved in with Oskar's parents and occupied the upstairs rooms, where they lived for seven years.{{sfn|Thompson|2002|p=13}} Soon after marriage, Schindler quit working for his father and took a series of jobs, including a position at Moravian Electrotechnic and the management of a driving school. After an 18-month stint in the Czech army, where he rose to the rank of [[lance corporal]] in the Tenth Infantry Regiment of the 31st Army, he returned to Moravian Electrotechnic, which went bankrupt shortly afterward. His father's farm machinery business closed around the same time, leaving Schindler unemployed for a year. He took a job with Jaroslav Šimek Bank of [[Prague]] in 1931, where he worked until 1938.{{sfn|Crowe|2004|pp=7–8}}

Schindler was arrested several times in 1931 and 1932 for public drunkenness. Also around this time, he had an affair with Aurelie Schlegel, a school friend. They had a daughter, Emily, in 1933, and a son, Oskar Jr, in 1935. Schindler later claimed the boy was not his son.{{sfn|Crowe|2004|pp=8–9}} Schindler's father, an alcoholic, abandoned his wife in 1935. She died a few months later after a long illness.{{sfn|Thompson|2002|p=13}}