In July 1970, Oskar and Lila decided to follow their daughter Linda out to the wild west while she studied interior design as Arizona State University. As the family finally settled into Arizona life, tragically Lila passed away due to cancer on…

The new family moved to St. Augustine Florida at the start of 1953. In Florida, Oskar ran a small general store and one of the proudest moments of his life came in December 1956 when he became a Naturalized Citizen of the United States of America.…

Oskar’s uncle Adolph had survived the war as was able to immigrate to Ontario, Canada. He immediately began working on getting sponsorship for the rest of the family. In June 1949 after receiving sponsorship, Oskar and the family immigrated to…

In 1943, the Nazis decided to “liquidate” the remaining population of the Krakow Ghetto. As a result, Oskar’s mother was taken from the family and sent to the notorious labor camp of Plaszow, depicted extensively in the movie Shindler’s List. Oskar…

In 1941, the Knoblauch family was relocated to the Krakow Ghetto along with the other 15,000 Jews in the area. The sign above the entrance to the Krakow Ghetto read, “Welcome to the New Jewish City.” The Knoblauchs were moved into a three-bedroom…

In 1936, the Knoblauch family including Uncle Adolph were given visas, so that they were able to immigrate to Poland. Oskar’s parents had relatives in Poland that they were able to live with and they settled down in the city of Krakow. The only…

Oskar Knoblauch was born in 1925 in Leipzig, Germany to Ruzia and Leopold. Oskar was the youngest of three children, which included his sister, Ilse, and his brother, Siegmund. The Knoblauchs lived in an apartment house and Oskar’s uncle Adolph…