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Victoria Klonowska is Oskar Schindler’s attractive, blonde Polish secretary and lover. A hard-headed and efficient Polish nationalist, she often works on Schindler’s behalf in order to get him released from SS prison. From the beginning, Klonowska is influential, telling Oskar of where he can go to get a drink and meet like-minded people and helping to handle his administrative affairs. Though Schindler already has a wife, Emilie, and other women in his life, like his mistress Ingrid, Klonowska never seems jealous. Oskar frequently shows his gratitude for Klonowska’s work, at one point getting her a poodle for Christmas (something that’s very difficult to acquire on the black market). When Schindler moves his operations to Brinnlitz, Klonowska stays behind in Cracow, again apparently with no hard feelings. Klonowska is one of Schindler’s many talented allies who helped him out of hard situations and ran his business’s day-to-day operations.
Victoria Klonowska Quotes in Schindler’s List
The Schindler’s List quotes below are all either spoken by Victoria Klonowska or refer to Victoria Klonowska. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 5
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Victoria Klonowska, a Polish secretary, was the beauty of Oskar’s front office, and he immediately began a long affair with her. Ingrid, his German mistress, must have known, as surely as Emilie Schindler knew about Ingrid. For Oskar would never be a surreptitious lover. He had a childlike sexual frankness.
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Victoria Klonowska Quotes in Schindler’s List
The Schindler’s List quotes below are all either spoken by Victoria Klonowska or refer to Victoria Klonowska. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 5
Quotes
Victoria Klonowska, a Polish secretary, was the beauty of Oskar’s front office, and he immediately began a long affair with her. Ingrid, his German mistress, must have known, as surely as Emilie Schindler knew about Ingrid. For Oskar would never be a surreptitious lover. He had a childlike sexual frankness.
Related Characters:
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Explanation and Analysis:
