Change In Schindler's List

In the movie Schindler’s List we see the story of Oskar Schindler play out and the great deeds he did to save the lives of many Jewish people and because of this I would say the central theme to Schindler’s List is the great amount of change any one person can make, and this reminds us as a religion class that we too can make meaningful change no matter what. I would say this is the central theme of Schindler’s List because firstly he faced much opposition in his actions and didn’t received much help from others other than the people he was saving and his wife, secondly the actual amount of change and people he saved from certain death and finally how Oskar Schindler risked everything he had to save the lives of these Jewish people. Firstly
Without the actions of Oskar Schindler these 15,000 descendants and 1500 Schindlerjuden would be nothing but a part of the countless 6 Million Jewish people who were murder in Holocaust. This shows the magnitude of change one person can have, and this tells us in our religion class the importance fighting for what you believe in because you can accomplish great things. Finally I would say this is the theme of Schindler’s List because of how much Schindler put on the line to accomplish the things he did. Before the Holocaust and World War 2 Schindler was a very successful Businessman with millions of dollars to his name. But the things he was doing during the Holocaust was not “good business” as he tried to convince Amon Goeth, they cost him everything he owned. He kept bribing Nazi officials for more Jewish Workers and the more he had the more he had to accommodate for and he kept the able and unable workers too which slowed down production. Also He never produced a single working shell and said he didn’t want to, as we infer was because he didn’t want to contribute to the war