Schindler's List
Saqib Islam
Ms. MacEnulty
Global H3
13 April 2013 World War II was one of the worst time periods in world history. There were ridiculous amounts of casualties worldwide. However, most of these people had something in common, they were Jewish. Jews were the primary target of the Germans and they were used as scapegoats anytime Germany faced a problem. Many films were made in order to emulate and replicate the horrific scenes of World War II. One of these movies is Schindlers List which reveals the story of a Nazi who risked his life in attempting to save thousands of lives by allowing them to work in his factory. Oskar Schindler, the Nazi goes through plenty of trouble and witnesses the cruelty that the Jews have been facing by his own comrades. This movie expresses that not all Nazis and Germans were “evil”, some actually tried to save the lives of Jews, the Chinese and others even tried to otherthrow Adolf Hitler. Schindlers List reveals that not all Nazis necessarily hated the Jews and that some even wanted to rescue their lives including Oskar Schindler, Chiune Sugihara, and Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz. Schindlers List was a movie that revealed the hardships and challenges faced by Oskar Schindler. Although it remains mostly historically accurate, some things that are present in the movie are false. Firstly, when the women were being transported, they did not go to Auschwitz but rather an unknown place. Nobody really knows where the women were sent including the author of the original book. In addition, at the end of film he is named a “righteous gentile” and this is in 1958. However, in reality he was named this in 1993 which was seventeen years after his death. The movie is still a very good representation of Oskar Schindler and what he did to save over one thousand Jews. The movie begins at the start of World War II as many Jews are being sent to concentration camps and ghettos and Oskar Schindler, a German businessman arrives in order to gain
Ms. MacEnulty
Global H3
13 April 2013 World War II was one of the worst time periods in world history. There were ridiculous amounts of casualties worldwide. However, most of these people had something in common, they were Jewish. Jews were the primary target of the Germans and they were used as scapegoats anytime Germany faced a problem. Many films were made in order to emulate and replicate the horrific scenes of World War II. One of these movies is Schindlers List which reveals the story of a Nazi who risked his life in attempting to save thousands of lives by allowing them to work in his factory. Oskar Schindler, the Nazi goes through plenty of trouble and witnesses the cruelty that the Jews have been facing by his own comrades. This movie expresses that not all Nazis and Germans were “evil”, some actually tried to save the lives of Jews, the Chinese and others even tried to otherthrow Adolf Hitler. Schindlers List reveals that not all Nazis necessarily hated the Jews and that some even wanted to rescue their lives including Oskar Schindler, Chiune Sugihara, and Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz. Schindlers List was a movie that revealed the hardships and challenges faced by Oskar Schindler. Although it remains mostly historically accurate, some things that are present in the movie are false. Firstly, when the women were being transported, they did not go to Auschwitz but rather an unknown place. Nobody really knows where the women were sent including the author of the original book. In addition, at the end of film he is named a “righteous gentile” and this is in 1958. However, in reality he was named this in 1993 which was seventeen years after his death. The movie is still a very good representation of Oskar Schindler and what he did to save over one thousand Jews. The movie begins at the start of World War II as many Jews are being sent to concentration camps and ghettos and Oskar Schindler, a German businessman arrives in order to gain
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