Abraham Bankier Character Analysis in Schindler’s List

Abraham Bankier is a Jewish businessman who plays a critical role in Oskar Schindler’s plan to rescue Jews from the Holocaust. He excels at both legal and illegal business matters, helping Schindler secure the funds for his enamelware factory in Cracow and eventually becoming the plant manager. When Bankier is late to pick up his Blauschein—his proof that he is a skilled worker and allowed to stay in Cracow—he is nearly shipped off in a cattle car, but Schindler saves him at the last minute.

Abraham Bankier Character Timeline in Schindler’s List

The timeline below shows where the character Abraham Bankier appears in Schindler’s List. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

Abraham Bankier, the office manager at Rekord, helps Schindler find capital for his new enterprise. Some of... (full context)

...asks who the plant manager is, and Schindler admits that it’s the Jewish man Abraham Bankier. The Gestapo man admits that Schindler’s paperwork may be in order, but they’ll need more... (full context)

...the ghetto” from some of his sources, like Toffel and Bosch. On June 3, Abraham Bankier, Schindler’s Jewish manager, doesn’t show up at the office. Schindler later hears that he and... (full context)

...Prokocim to investigate. He sees people being loaded into cattle cars and finds out that Bankier is already on one of the cars, which are headed to a labor camp near... (full context)

...and with General Schindler. At last, the officer relents, and Schindler is able to free Bankier and a dozen of his other workers from the train car. The SS officer remains... (full context)

...Sedlacek. In fact, when the Zionist organization tries to offer Schindler more money, some, like Bankier, are confused and think it’s a trap. (full context)

Schindler hands over to Bankier the key to a storeroom full of materials that he got in a contract with... (full context)