Who was Oskar Schindler? Was he a man who was considered fortunate man by some people including his wife? Or a a man who decided to save thousands of Jews from being murdered by the Nazis? Oskar Schindler was a well known Nazi who lived the playboy lifestyle. He drank,smoked, and had sex with every girl he could find. When people think of this person, they think that he is such a hopeless individual who will never amount to anything. How did he go from a hopeless individual to a renowned hero? In the movie, Schindler’s List, Oskar Schindler changes throughout the film, based on certain events in the movie that moved him throughout his life. Oskar Schindler changes throughout the film because of the pressures of the Nazi Party, the little girl in the red coat, and the killing of the Jews. Because of Oskar Schindler, thousands of Jews were saved and is considered a hero throughout the world. Oskar Schindler seemed to be a member of the Nazi Party, and throughout the films we observe that he wears a Nazi swastika throughout the film, is allies with Amon Goeth, the man who killed many Jews and was executed for his crimes, and attending parties …show more content…
The Jews were forced to work in the Concentration camp under fear that they would get shot by the Nazis’s. There were some Jews who were shot by the Nazis out of pure hatred and amusement. This changes Oskar Schindler because he shows his love for the Jews not only by employing them into his factory but also loving them as his own family. One example was when at the party for the Nazi’s where he kissed the Jewish woman and his daughter. Even though he got arrested and got his way out, he treats the Jews as his own family. We would not expect him to treat these Jews with respect, but he managed to save these Jews. This shows how he changes from a careless man to a hero by treating people with
Oskar Schindler’s identity drastically changes from the beginning to the end of the movie. At first, Schindler was a greedy, selfish, and rich man, who was a member of the Nazi party and profited from the war. He also was a womanizer who constantly cheated on his wife. He only cared about making money and he only hired Jewish workers because they were cheaper. He saved his workers initially because he did not want to pay to train other workers and protected them since he believed that their welfare impacted his business. He saw Jewish people differently than other Germans, he saw them as workers, and he inadvertently developed a reputation for kindness. He did not do this at first to be a
Oskar Schindler represents human goodness with his actions during the Holocaust. Oskar starts as a man who only acts for
Oskar Schindler grew up in a prosperous Catholic family with all the privileges money could buy. He grew up to be a German industrialist, spy, and a member of the Nazi Party, who outwitted Hitler and the Nazis to save more Jews than any other from the deathly events of World War॥. With the help of his wife, Emilie Schindler, Oskar Schindler saved the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his ammunition and enamelware factories, spending millions bribing the SS, and eventually risking his life to rescue the Schindler-Jews (“The Oscar Schindler Story”)
Schindler's List is one of the most powerful movies of all time. It presents the indelible true story of enigmatic German businessman Oskar Schindler who becomes an unlikely saviour of more than 1100 Jews amid the barbaric Nazi reign. A German Catholic war profiteer, Schindler moved to Krakow in 1939 when Germany overran Poland. There he opens an enamelware factory that, on the advice of his Jewish accountant Itzhak Stern, was staffed by Jews from the nearby forced labour camp at Plaszow. Schindler's factory prospered though his contacts with the Nazi war machine and its local representatives, as well as his deft skill on the black market. Then, somewhere along the way, Schindler's devotion to self-interest was
Oskar Schindler was a true hero during World War II. He risked life and limb for people he did not even meet before. He saved his accountant Itzhak Stern from death and Itzhak helped change his views and help save the Jews. Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jews from subsequently being sent to the gas chambers and he gave them food and work. Not a single S.S. officer got suspicious because they knew that the Jews would be working for a German cause, but on the contrary, they did not know that they were being treated affectionately and compassionately. Overall we believe that Oskar Schindler was a source of optimism and expectancy for the Jewish people. Oskar Schindler was the Moses of
Oskar Schindler rescued Jews from being deported to concentration camps by getting them to work for him. He treated them all very well and they were all exempt from Auschwitz. He got arrested on charges of irregularities and favoring Jews. He set up factories in Krakow, home of about 60,000 Jews. The factories primarily had Jewish workers. He got permission to keep his factories if he moved them to Brunnlitz. There were 700 men and 300 women deported to Auschwitz, when Schindler found out he got them released and sent to work for him. Oskar and his wife Emily both helped rescue Jews. Emily stopped a cattle car with 120 Jewish men in it and she convinced the SS officer that the men were needed for work. As a result the men were sent back to work for Oskar and Emily. Together they rescued over 1,000 Jews.
Oskar Schindler helped many jews survive the holocaust and he also helped many jews start new lives away from Germany. Oskar took at least 900 Jews from the Plazow death camp and made them work in his factory where they would be safe from the Nazi’s. Oskar at first was with the Germans and their attempts to get rid of all the jews but when he saw the cruel things that they did to the jews he had a change of heart. So when he took in the jews to his factory his workers began manufacturing defective ammunition for the Germans. Oskar helped many jews avoid death and instead kept them in a place where they would be safe.
In the beginning of the film, Oskar Schindler is a man who is intrigued by anyway to make money. In the past, he has mostly been a failed businessman who is extremely persistent and will stop at nothing to become a profiteer. Schindler however, has an idea, unlike any idea he has ever had in the past. In the beginning of the film, he bribes and communicates with many German officials just as the war is beginning so he can gain access to jews and their free labor. He is an exceptionally greedy man who will abuse his power and social status to make money even if it’s through the blood, sweat, and tears of other individuals. At the beginning of the film, Schindler proclaims, “In every business I tried, I can see now, it wasn't me that failed. Something was missing.” He expresses that the reason for his success in his newly found business can be credited to war. This quote clearly indicates his extreme desire for wealth. However, over time he begins to adjust and modify his behaviors as a result of his friendship with a Jewish man named Itzhak Stern, who also is a manager of his business. As time goes on he begins to protect his workers and save them from concentration camps proclaiming that they are “essential workers” for the war effort. Schindler has now begun to understand that jews
The reason Schindler was capable of getting the Jews was because he was rich, but the bad part about that was he would lose money. Schindler changed history because he cared for the Jews more than his money. He was a hero by finding a way to keep them hydrated like when the Jews were in the train, he hosed them down so they could have water in their system, that is a man with a heart. Schindler made a difference in history by saving many jews as he
Schindler decided to buy his workers while bribing the Nazi, at least this way he could save some of them, even though this decision costed him to spend his fortune but he had the good feeling that he was saving lives. He was able to save over 1200 Polish-Jewish refugees during the Holocaust. After the war is over and he is escaping that night with his wife, he feels sad and sorry that he did not
In the film the Nazi’s are portrayed as immoral beings, while Schindler was portrayed as a hero. Realistically, Schindler was a Nazi himself who did any means to protect his name and life. According to the critic, Schindler had saved his fellow friends and family; therefore, he could have managed to save more Jews that he initially achieved. “He profited from the Jews slave labor just as much as they profited off his humanity. I'm not saying that Schindler wasn't a good man for saving the many Jews that he did, I'm just saying lets not go overboard with the exaggeration.” The critic goes further into explain that her grandfather served in the war verses German, which opened her eyes into this film being “purely fictional.” The exaggeration of protecting Schindler’s legacy goes
yet somewhat different . mostly in a different perspective . schindler was a german industrial businessman who was known for being greedy , selfish, cheating, liar like many of the other germans. But the longer this reality of a nightmare goes on he was changing into a different person . he started to noticed what was wrong .
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 outside of Krakow near the Jewish ghetto. There, he employed mostly Jewish workers, which saved them from being deported to labor camps. Though twice the Gestapo arrested him, he got released because of his many connections and with many bribes. Most
Watching Schindler's list I decided to focus on Oskar Schindler. Throughout the movie Schindler personal emotions change on the war. In the beginning we see that it was a good thing for business that nothing else mattered as long as he made money. When Jews would come up he wouldn't care about them because he knew he could manipulate them and earn more money since they needed him. Schindler didn't really care for the Jews and what would happen to them. We see that Schindler only concern is that his business profits in the war. His concern for going to parties were to make connection that would better his money earning business. Money was his only concern which is why he went out seeking a jew. Since having a jew made it so they could be payed less than a normal person and they would be to scared to not do work. If he got a Jew it would earn him more money than hiring a German accountant. After getting an accountant he goes and seek workers for his factory. The workers are Jews since they don't need to be payed to be working. We later learn that his wife influences him with making business and wanting to succeed. He came from a place where he had nothing and is just beginning to make it. Hes making so much money he doesn't know what to do and he thanks the war for that. With his business doing so well he starts to care about his workers. He cares about them because he needs them to continue making the money.He starts really caring about his accountant Stern he makes sure he
Oskar Schindler was a very complex and dynamic man. When the Nazi party rose to power and began to dominate and discriminate against