Article: Schindler's gravesite on few tourists' lists

Gil Kezwer
Jewish Exponent
04-08-1994
Schindler's gravesite on few tourists' lists.

JERUSALEM - While director/producer Steven Spielberg's film "Schindler's List" swept the Academy Awards last month, Jerusalem-the city where Oskar Schindler (1908-74) lies buried-remains largely untouched by the media hype.

Even since Spielberg's 185-minute black-and-white movie began to be screened in Israeli cinemas March 3, the Holocaust hero's grave has remained off most tourists' lists.

Visitors are rare, reports Sulaiman Abu Zayad, custodian of the Latin cemetery on Mount Zion. In fact, the last time anyone came to Schindler's gravesite was more than a year ago, when Spielberg brought 128 aged survivors ...

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