"Pierwsza Małopolska Fabryka Naczyń Emaliowanych i Wyrobów Blaszanych 'Rekord' Sp. z o.o."

The enamel factory in Krakow, known as Fabryka Emalia Oskara Schindlera, was founded in 1937 by three Jewish entrepreneurs: Michał Gutman, Izrael Kahn and Wolf Luzer Glajtman. They named the factory „Pierwsza Małopolska Fabryka Naczyń Emaliowanych i Wyrobów Blaszanych ‘Rekord’ Sp. z o.o.“ and initially produced enamel tableware and pewter goods. The factory was located at ul. Lipowa 4, in the Zabłocie district of Krakow.

The Jewish company had to file for bankruptcy in June 1939. In November 1939, Oskar Schindler took over the fiduciary administration of the insolvent factory and bought it at the beginning of 1940. He renamed it "Deutsche Emailwarenfabrik" (DEF) and initially produced cookware for the Wehrmacht and later also ammunition cans. Schindler employed numerous Jewish forced laborers there, whom he saved from deportation to concentration camps.

Today, the former factory building is a museum that documents the history of the German occupation of Krakow from 1939 to 1945 and in particular sheds light on the fate of the Jewish population.