Was Oskar Schindler A Hero

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 was not one to pass up an opportunity to make some money. He marched into Poland with the SS and dove head first into the black market. He soon began to make friends with the Gestapo, the secret state police, by softening them up with women, money and alcohol. His newfound connections helped him to acquire a factory, which he ran with the cheapest labor around, Jews. At first, it seemed like he was another German money-driven industrialist but somewhere along the way something changed.

To think that this self centred man would become known for a shining moment of salvation for so many is almost beyond belief. Oskar Schindler is not a humanitarian or a force for ?good? in the typical sense. He is depicted within the film as a man that simply found himself in a unique position and rose to the occasion. Evil on the other hand, is epitomised throughout the film by the actions of those involved in the Nazi regime, in particular Amon Goeth who was in charge of the forced labour camp at Plaszow.

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 was a hero in World War II. He endured many conflicts. The main battle he faced was during World War II. During World War II, Oskar Schindler was a German businessman who saved Jews in Poland and Czechoslovakia from death by employing them in his factory (“Oskar Schindler” 362).

In 1943 the Krakow ghetto was closed. There was a proposal to move all the factories in the area to the Plaszow labor camp. Schindler objected and was able to get his officials to allow him to stay where he was. Then he began to start deceiving the Nazis. He was able to save more Jews because he told the Germans there was more work to do when there really was not. "I just couldn't stand by and see people destroyed. I did... what my conscience told me I must do," ("Oskar Schindler"

After Oskar gets hired as a Nazi, he “arrives in Krakow, and starts working in factories, hiring Jews. He becomes aware of the killings, gives information to Jewish underground organizations Oskar manages to open ‘subcamp’ at his factory where conditions are much better” (Roberts 99). If Schindler was caught doing this, he would have been captured, and put into a concentration camp himself. Oskar Schindler also risked his life many times when he traveled to different countries and managed to smuggle Jews to work in his factory: “Schindler’s journey to Budapest and his smuggling of the Zionists were activities that if Schindler had been caught, he would have been charged of treason and would have been imprisoned in a concentration camp to torture and murder him” (McConnell 206). Oskar Schindler was an unforgettable man that put his life in danger to save as many defenseless Jews as possible. When he rescued the men and women in the camps, he gave them jobs at his

Oskar Schindler is a hero for saving over one thousand Jews, he used his position and money to save the Jews. Nobody really knows why he saved the Jews but they are happy that he did. We can’t imagine what all the Jews went through.

Although Schindler was a member of the Nazi party, he understood the fact that the actions of the Nazis were wrong and deserved immediate abolishment. Schindler managed to restore the Jewish people’s faith in humanity by employing them in his factories. Schindler’s factories produced goods necessary for the war efforts of World War II. Since the Jews worked in Schindler’s factories, they could not face persecution or transportation to concentration camps. The Jews could not face execution due to the fact that they were necessary war efforts. This greatly affected the Nazi Party, and their proposal to annihilate all Jewish people was

Over 11 million people died in the holocaust, and more than 7 million of them were Jewish. Oskar Schindler was an entrepreneur who sacrificed himself for a cause he believed was unjust. He spent most of his life around Germany in Europe. During the Holocaust, he saved over 1,200 people from the gas chambers. There are some people who don’t think of him as a hero, but as a man looking to make an easy dollar. In my opinion Oskar Schindler was a hero of the highest class and deserves all the credit he received for his actions. When Oskar was born in 1908, no one could’ve guessed he would have such an impact on the world.

Many words can be used to describe Oskar Schindler; partier, alcoholic, womanizer, etc, but the most unlikely word that can be used is savior, which he proved to be in the 1940s. Schindler was definitely a sinner, but he did the unthinkable at the time, “He [Schindler] was no saint. And yet, the same man would prove to have depths of courage and humanity rare at any time-even rarer during the time in which he lived.” (Roberts, pg. 6). During the grueling years of the Holocaust and World War II, Oskar Schindler proved that love and kindness still existed by rescuing over 1,000 Jewish residents of Krakow, Poland. By doing this alone, the Nazis would have killed him because at that time, it was even illegal to be touching a Jew, let alone saving them. One major factor that led to the saving of the Jews was the liquidation of the Krakow Jewish Ghetto, “Schindler witnessed a few hours of beastiality with which the liquidation [of Krakow] was executed. The horror of what he saw undoubtedly played a role in his indignation and his unfailing and compassion with the persecuted [Jews].” (Thompson. pg. 138). After the invasion of Poland, the Nazis set up several ghettos around the country, one of which was in Krakow, where they held Jews. Eventually these ghettos didn’t seem worthy of Adolph Hitler’s “Final Solution” so these ghettos were liquidated and thousands of it’s residents were massacred and sent to concentration camps, Schindler experienced one of these liquidations. Oskar

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

[War] brings out the worst in people. Never the good, always the bad. Even in the midst the devastation of a national genocide, where one race turned against another in hate, good people existed and worked to counteract the hate through love and compassion. Oskar Schindler was one of these people. World War II provided him the means to become a very wealthy and powerful man, yet he did not exploit the Jews like many other businessmen during his time. He used his money and power to save thousands. Much can be learned from what happened during the holocaust and what Schindler did to save thousands of Jews.

The novel begins with some backstory on Schindler and describes how he arrived in Germany and occupied Poland for business pursuits. He grew up the son of a businessman and a Catholic mother in the German-speaking area of Czechoslovakia. He married young at age 20, but ignored his wife due to the amount of time he invested in his work and his social lifestyle. Oskar was not much of a political man, but initially supported the Nazi party and their endeavor to seize Poland, providing him with new business opportunities. His sociable nature helps him establish beneficial relationships with all kinds of people, including Nazi officials as well as Jewish businessmen.