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A German turns into a savior of the Jews of Cracow during the reign of the Third Reich in Thomas Keneally’s Schindler’s Ark, the prize-winning novel that was adapted into the movie, Schindler’s List. Summary of the Book During the Second World War, the Nazis were carrying out Hitler’s mad genocide against all Jews. None of them were safe, they were gathered into concentration camps and gassed, exterminated like insects. However, one man chose to try and help the Jews escape. A German industrialist, he was a womanizer and an alcoholic. Oskar Schindler was an Aryan, the race that Adolf Hitler proclaimed supreme. Yet, he chose to support those Hitler considered to be beneath him, risking his life for the Jews in Nazi-controlled Poland. This novel tells the story of the man who stood up to a monstrous entity, becoming an angel of mercy for the Jews who owed him their lives. About Thomas Keneally Thomas Keneally is an Australian novelist and playwright. He won the Booker Prize in 1982 for this novel. He has also written The Widow and Her Hero, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith and Three Cheers for the Paraclete. Media Note This book is based on the life of Poldek Pfefferberg, a Holocaust survivor. It was adapted into a hit movie entitled Schindler’s List, directed by Steven Spielberg. The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture.