Liberation

Anna Duklauer worked at the factory in Brunnlitz until the Liberation. In May, 1945, it was all over. The Russians moved into Brunnlitz. Schindler gathered everyone together in the factory and took a deeply emotional leave of them. He told them they were free, he was a fugitive."My children, you are saved. Germany has lost the war." He asked that they didn't go into the neighboring houses to rob and plunder. "Prove yourself worthy of the millions of victims among you and refrain from any individual acts of revenge and terror". He announced that three yards of fabric were to be given each prisoner from his warehouse stores as well as a bottle of vodka - which brought a high price on the black market.

At five after midnight - certain that his Jews finally were out of danger - Oscar Schindler left the factory. "I must leave now" Schindler said, "Auf Wiedersehen".

Anna Duklauer lost no time heading for Zakopane to seek her family. Wearing patched cloths, she walked in her broken shoes for a week to Cracow and Zakopane, with a glimmer of a hope to find her lost friends and relatives. 

She found none, and only heard stories of how her mom and brother were sent to the gas chambers, how her sister was drowned, her dad poisoned, and her childhood friends were shot. Her worst fears came true, as she learned that she lost everyone and everything precious to her. She was left with no family, no home, claiming only a comb and a worn out toothbrush as her only possessions. 

She was free now, but had nowhere to go. Left alone - Oscar Schindler gave her a second chance at life. And she started the ultimate triumph of rebuilding her life, reclaiming family ...