RARE SCHINDLER'S LIST TO BE SOLD FOR £1.5 MILLION

THE FAMOUS SCHINDLER'S LIST OF JEWS SAVED FROM THE NAZI HOLOCAUST DURING WORLD WAR TWO IS BEING OFFERED UP FOR PRIVATE SALE FOR £1.5 MILLION. THE LIST OF 801 JEWISH MEN, WOMAN AND CHILDREN, WHICH BELONGS TO THE FAMILY OF OSKAR SCHINDLER'S RIGHT HAND MAN, ITZHAK STERN, IS ONE OF ONLY FIVE KNOWN TO EXIST. BEING SOLD THROUGH THE WEBSITE Momentsintime.com, THE OLD AND TATTERED MANUSCRIPT DATED FROM 18.4.1945, IS BEING HANDLED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS. THE STERN FAMILY, WHOSE PATRIARCH, ITZHAK WAS PLAYED BY BEN KINGSLEY IN THE OSCAR WINNING SPIELBERG EPIC 'SCHINDLER'S LIST', HAVE BEEN IN NEGOTAITIONS WITH Momentsintime.com FOR OVER TWO YEARS. 'THERE ARE FIVE KNOWN EXAMPLES OF SCHINDLER'S LIST PRESERVED IN THE WORLD TODAY', SAID A SPOKESPERSON FOR Momentsintime.com. 'THIS IS ONE OUT OF A REPUTED LIST OF SEVEN MADE BY IN TOTAL OSKAR SCHINDLER. TWO ARE IN THE HANDS OF THE ISRAELI HOLOCAUST MUSEUM, ONE IS IN KOBLENZ IN GERMANY AND THE OTHER IS IN THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM IN WASHINGTON DC. THE OTHER TWO ARE UNACCOUNTED FOR.' THE PLAIN, TYPED NAMES AND BIRTH-DATES CONCEAL THE VAST HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE AND PERSONAL DANGER WHICH SCHINDLER HIMSELF WENT THROUGH TO RESCUE THE CONDEMNED JEWS. SCHINDLER OWNED A FACTORY IN KRAKOW, POLAND, DURING WORLD WAR TWO AND RELIED ON JEWISH LABOR TO RUN THE PLANT. HE BECAME DISTRESSED AT THE GERMAN TREATMENT OF THE JEWS AFTER WITNESSING A 1942 RAID ON A JEWISH GHETTO AND USED HIS POSITION IN THE NAZI PARTY TO PERSUADE OFFICIALS THAT HIS WORKERS WERE VITAL TO THE WAR EFFORT AND SAVED THEM FROM THE GAS CHAMBERS. HE IS CREDITED WITH SAVING 1,200 JEWS DURING THE WAR.