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The factory was founded in 1937 as a place of production of enamelled and tin products. Leased and then taken over by the German entrepreneur Oskar Schindler in 1939 as the German Enamel Product Factory - Deutsche Emailwarenfabrik (DEF), run by Schindler until 1945. The factory is located at 4 Lipowa Street in Kraków's Zabłocie. Schindler employed Jews at risk of extermination, who were then entered on the so-called Schindler's list and those saved from extermination. After the Second World War, the factory was taken over by the state treasury, and 2005 by the city of Kraków. Since 2007, the factory has been divided between two institutions: the Historical Museum of the City of Krakow (which created a permanent exhibition here Krakow - the occupation of 1939-1945) and the Museum of Contemporary Art