also a documentary delving into the past to find the noble during the evil. It is a story of utmost courage and honor. Oscar Schindler faced incredible odds when he gave himself the task of freeing the Jewish people. If he had been caught he would have been executed and I have no doubt that the Jews he was protecting would have been shot as well. To say that Oscar Schindler was anything less than a saint would be blasphemy in my opinion. I think one of the most interesting things about this story
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Schindlers List 1) I believe the author; Steven Spielberg‚ intended to send a message concerning the human rights all humans have‚ and attempt to further enhance our understanding of the justice system‚ and its importance. With the amount of discriminations going on in the past few hundred years‚ I believe the message was to better inform the population of today about the truth and to help them respect the value of difference and life. 2) Like I mentioned in the first question‚ I believe
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Many similarities exist between Night‚ Schindler ’s List‚ and the documentary. All three followed the same progression and sequence of events. At first‚ the Jews were just placed under house arrest after losing their businesses. Soon after‚ they are moved into dingy ghettoes. From there‚ the men and the women were separated and herded into cattle cars which took them to concentration camps. There in the camps‚ Jews were forced into labor working for the Nazis. When the war was nearing its end‚ the
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gypsies‚ homosexuals‚ the mentally ill‚ or physically disabled. All people not of the "Aryan" race were slated for death. In the midst of one of the most horrific events of the 20th century‚ Oskar Schindler risked his life and fortune to save the lives of approximately 1‚200 Jewish people. Schindler was a brilliant businessman‚ who made a fortune in Nazi-owned Poland‚ but he was unable to achieve success in the post-war world. He was a member of the Nazi Party‚ who socialized with SS officers in
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DJ Edwards Mr. McGillivray ENG 2D 11/5/2014 Oskar Schindler: The Unlikely Hero Summary: The Holocaust was the systematic‚ bureaucratic‚ state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. "Holocaust" is a Greek word meaning "sacrifice by fire." The Nazis‚ who came to power in Germany in January 1933‚ believed that Germans were "racially superior" and that the Jews‚ deemed "inferior‚" were an alien threat to the so-called German racial community
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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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quotation validly is proved by the life of Oskar Schindler. Schindler tried to face an incredible force larger than himself: the Nazis. The largest force Schindler had to overcome was the Nazis party. The Final Solution’s goal was to exterminate every single Jew in Europe‚ and even though Schindler knew he could not possibly save all the Jews in Poland‚ he saved all he could. In order to save Jews Schindler had to bribe many officials. Schindler would bribe
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Oskar Schindler‚ a unique and unlikely hero during the Holocaust‚ was able to save the lives of many innocent Jews by risking his own life. Oskar Schindler saved over 1‚200 lives over the course of World War II. Through out his life‚ Oskar had failed multiple times in the business world‚ but in 1939 he finally found success. Schindler saved the thousands of Jews by getting involved with the German Nazis and risking his life. Oskar Schindler was born on April 28‚ 1908 in Svitavy‚ Moravia into
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“Schindler our protector‚ he was the only one who could protect us.” is a quote by Sol Urbach‚ a refugee of Oskar Schindler. Oskar Schindler was a Holocaust rescuer who saved over 1‚200 prisoners during World War II. He rescued many of these prisoners by employing them in his factory as an excuse for their release. Oskar’s personality developed when he realized how awfully Jews were being treated during the war‚ so he decided to use his wealth to save the countless lives of others. Schindler used
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<b>CONFLICT AND RELEVANT BACKGROUND</b> <br>Oskar Schindler faced many conflicts in his life. The main conflict he faced was overcoming the Nazis and saving over one thousand Jewish People. Schindler‚ with out a job at the time‚ joined the Nazi Party and followed on the heels of the SS when the Germans invaded Poland. This is when Schindler took over two previously Jewish owned companies that dealt with the manufacture and sales of enamel kitchenware products and opened up his own enamel shop right
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