During World War II, Oskar Schindler saved over 1,300 Jews from certain death. Stephen Spielberg honored this hero with "Schindler's List." But who was Oskar Schindler really? Based on documents and letters that were discovered just a year ago in Hildesheim, the author paints a vivid portrait of this man. She highlights not only Schindler's dramatic rescue efforts in Nazi Germany but also his life in the post-war period, when he struggled in vain to regain a sense of normalcy.