' 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

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.

What makes a person a hero? Is it their job? Their race? Their behavior? Well, a man named Leopold Socha proved that none of that matters and being a hero is just someone helping others out of the kindness of their heart. This is who and what Leopold did for 21 Jewish people when the Lwów ghetto was being taken over by the German army.

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).

Schindler was a rescuer of the jews because he was not a fan of how they were treated. When asked why he saved them he replied by saying “I knew the people who worked for me. When you know people, you have to behave towards them like human beings.” Unlike the nazis and Hitler, Oscar Schindler saw jews as normal human beings and did not use them and make them do manual labor just to survive and not be killed. He did make them work just so the nazis did not come in and just kill all of them or take them back to a concentration camp and abuse them. The condition Oscar Schindler had was when he had the jews working for him that he didn’t want them to make any of the bullets functional and allow them to be fired and kill

Oskar Schindler is considered an amazing hero of the Holocaust and is noteworthy because he rescued a lot of Jews, changed his Nazi beliefs, and was recognized by the state of Israel as one of the “Righteous Among the Nation.” He was a German industrialist who had such a huge impact on modern society, he protected the jews from the wrath of the Nazi Party and preserved generation of Jewish families.

What do you think of about a man who cheated, bribed, and associated with sadists and killers? What if I said that same used those skills to save more than a thousand Jewish during the Holocaust? That is who Oskar Schindler was. He grew up in Germany, and was hired as a Nazi. However, when he saw what the Nazis were doing to the helpless Jewish, he made his own factory where Jews that worked for him would never get hit, yelled at, or murdered. Oskar Schindler is a hero because of his humanitarian efforts. He was an unquestionably a commendable man because he risked his life to save countless Jews, hired them to work in his factory, and fed them well. Along with that, he gave them proper medical treatment in his factory, and then finally managed to help them all escape safely after Hitler committed suicide.

He starts out as a self-centered businessman, intent on making a profit, no matter what the cost; by the end of the movie, however, Schindler becomes a savior to many Jewish workers during World War Two, helping to save the Jewish people from extermination in the process. I am glad that Schindler was able to see through the propaganda and Hitler’s twisted promises, and realize the full magnitude of what was occurring around him. Through his work, many men and women were able to become parents, grandparents, and even great-grandparents, and continue their bloodline. It takes a true warrior to backstab an evil ruler while simultaneously appearing to be the ruler’s colleague. By all means, Oskar Schindler was a true warrior, and I am thankful that he

“I was now resolved to do everything in my power to defeat the system” -Oskar Schindler. With is enrolment in the nazi party, Schindler managed to get a hold on over 1,200 Jews to make them work in his factory making bullet shells, plates, pots, pans, silverware, and so on so he could save them from the outrage of Adolf Hitler. Before he decided to use Jews for “cheap labor”, he was not up to par, he did things such as abusing alcohol and cheating on his wife, but he saved himself from that kind of lifestyle and decided to help people. After World War II people heard about the heroic thing that he did, and they thought of it as setting an example for the world. Oskar Schindler saved over one thousand peoples lives by keeping them in his factory

First of all, Oskar Schindler was a part of the Nazi party although he didn’t agree with some of the things that they were implementing. According to, Crowe (2004) “Schindler was a well-respected man looked upon the Nazi

In 1940 Witold Pilecki volunteered to be sent inside of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Witold was not ordered to go in he volunteered to do this great deed on his own. He decided to go inside of Auschwitz even though he knew there was a very good chance he would not make it out. Inside of Auschwitz Pilecki was treated just as harsh as the rest of the prisoners for three years. Pilecki did not go volunteer to do this to look like a hero. He did this because he wanted to do everything he could to fight for his country. Not only did it require lots of bravery to walk into the camp. It may have taken even more bravery to stay alive and escape with information that could potentially save

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

Schindler’s List is a movie about the Holocaust. A man by the name of Oskar Schindler saves hundreds of people’s lives when he buys people and takes them into his pan making factory. I believe that Oskar Schindler is someone who was a rescuer to the people of the Holocaust. He had hundreds of workers that he saved, and had working for him a safe haven. Schindler I believe was a rescuer because he felt upset and guilty for what was going on in Germany to the Jewish people and others, he rescued them with the intent that if the people worked for him that he would keep them safe and that they would make it out of the war, and that when he bought these workers he knew that he would make more products out of his factory business.

[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.