Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A ranar 18 ga Nuwamba, 1939, a farkon watanni na Nazi mamaye Poland
, Oskar Schindler an fara gabatar da shi ga Stern, wanda a lokacin yana aiki a matsayin mai lissafin kudi ga abokin aikin Abwehr na Schindler Josef "Sepp" Aue, wanda ya karɓi wurin aiki na Stern a matsayin (mai amana). Schindler ya nuna wa Stern lissafin wani kamfani da yake tunanin sayewa, wani kamfanin kera kayan kwalliya da ake kira Ltd mallakar ƙungiyar 'yan kasuwa na Yahudawa (ciki har da Abraham Bankier) wanda ya nemi fatarar kuɗi a farkon wannan shekarar. Stern ya shawarce shi cewa maimakon gudanar da kamfanin a matsayin wakili a karkashin kulawar (Main Trustee Office for the East), ya kamata ya sayi ko ya ba da kasuwanci kai tsaye, saboda hakan zai ba shi ƙarin 'yanci daga umarnin Nazis, gami da' yanci don ɗaukar ƙarin yahudawa. Duk da cewa Stern Bayahude ne kuma Schindler memba ne na Jam'iyyar Nazi, Schindler yana da abokantaka da Stern. Daga baya, Stern ya ce game da taron: