Lit. I April 25‚ 2014 Oskar Schindler Would you risk your life and life savings to save someone else‚ knowing that at any point in time you could be killed for your actions? Oskar Schindler‚ possibly the most famous “Righteous Gentile‚” was a German industrialist‚ spy‚ businessman‚ and former member of the Nazi Party who risked his life to save as many as 1‚100 Jews during the Holocaust. During World War II‚ Schindler rescued Jews from the deportation to the Plaszow death camp by putting them
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Preliminary Rough draft. When Oskar Schindler was asked why he saved over 1‚200 Jews‚ he says “If you saw a dog going to be crushed under a car‚ wouldn’t you help him”. He went from being a selfish‚ greedy player to a savior for the Jewish people. In the end‚ he did what most Germans wouldn’t do‚ and that’s saving a large portion of a race that was discriminated against during this time. Oskar Schindler was born on April 28‚ 1908 in Zwittau‚ Austria-Hungary. He grew up wealthy and happy in one
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Oskar Schindler “ Heroes evolve; they aren’t born.” I believe that Schindler became a hero over the course of his life. In the beginning of the movie my prospective is that he seemed like he didn’t care either way. He was a business man trying to learn the loop holes and get money. By sending high ranking officers drinks‚ food‚ gift brackets‚ and other treats‚ he began to earn their respect and trust. Still early on in the film‚ he went horse back riding with is girlfriend and saw
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Oskar Schindler A Story of Life Humanitarian Terry Prachett said‚ “Most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally evil‚ but by people being fundamentally people. Oskar Schindler was an ordinary person who despite his faults‚ managed to accomplish extraordinary things. Despite Schindler’s early ambitions to use World War II to make a profit for himself‚ something changed within him and he soon began to have doubts about
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Oskar Schindler stated‚ “I hated the brutality‚ the sadism‚ and the insanity of Nazism. I just couldn’t stand by and see people destroyed. I did what I could‚ what I had to do‚ what my conscience told me I must do. That’s all there is to it. Really‚ nothing more” (AZ Quotes 1). During World War II‚ Oskar Schindler stood up to the Nazi party in Krakow‚ Poland by using false labor records and pleading with Nazi leaders‚ so they would not send his Jewish factory workers to concentration camps. Oskar
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knew what was right‚ a man who made a difference‚ a man who did an unforgettable thing‚ a man named Oskar Schindler. He was born April 28‚ 1908 in Zwittau‚ Moravia. Despite being a member of the Nazi Party‚ Oscar Schindler was a hero who showed bravery and proved pure intelligence given the difficult circumstances that the holocaust caused between the Jews and Nazis. According to Encyclopedia Oskar grew up in the Austro-Hungarian Empire which is a part of Czech Republic. His mother was a homemaker
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Question: ‘Schindler’s List’ is no less a “Jewish story” or a “German story” than it is a human story. And its subject matter applies to every generation.’ [Stephen Spielberg] Discuss. The film ‘Schindler’s List’‚ directed by Steven Spielberg and based on the novel Schindler’s Ark‚ by Thomas Keneally‚ gives us an insight into the corruption and destructive capabilities of humans. This film portrays many themes‚ all of which are evoked due to the factual historical event of the Jewish Holocaust
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Deidre-Marie Kaitlyn Langkamp Professor Dekle ENC1102-4100 March 28‚ 2011 Schindler’s List- Humanity Schindler’s List directed by Stephen Speilberg uses many film techniques to emotionally manipulate the attitude of the viewer. His choice of a universal back-drop for mise en scene of monochrome‚ with color only appearing in the bookends‚ the ghetto massacre‚ and the exhumation and incineration of the murdered Jew’s is brilliant and carries significant impact in the film. Our film opens
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ghetto is overcrowded with Jews. The Jewish people are organized into working groups by the Jewish council‚ comprised of some elected Jews responsible for the order. Oskar Schindler ‚ a German businessman‚ who wishes to see a Jew that owns a pot-making factory visits the ghetto‚ because Jews are no longer allowed to own businesses‚ so Oskar makes a deal with Stern‚ and plans to take over the factory after trading money and appointing him his factory manager. Jews are
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see Schindler starting out with a meager amount of money but through useful manipulation during the scene with the banquet attended by the high ranking officials he was able to enter into the close knit circle of the Nazi Party. The question therefore arises‚ is Schindler truly a righteous man? He had unknowingly came to "shelter" Jews not of his desire to save them from the butchering of the German soldier but for his own selfish desire to make money for a lesser cost. Even though Schindler is the
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