Oskar Schindler: A Hero Amidst the Holocaust

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After watching Schindler’s List, it makes me realize how much pain and suffering the victims of the Holocaust had to endure. It also made me realize that one person can truly make a difference and save lives of innocent people. I think what Oskar Schindler did was a very heroic act and took a lot of courage and dedication to carry out the actions he did. Schindler’s list was a very emotional movie to watch due to all the highs and lows the film portrays. When it first began I was not sure how to perceive Schindler because he was a business man looking for the fastest way to make money. One thing that stood out to me though, was his ability to charm people. Any event he attended he seemed to be the center of attention and to get along …show more content…

As I watched how these characters acted and treated the Jewish, the more it seemed to me they suffered from some kind of personality disorder. One personality disorder I associated them with is Antisocial Personality Disorder. I believe some, to most of the soldiers suffered from this. One scene that made it clear that they did not care about the Jewish and what was happening to them is when they were burning all the bodies from the ghetto massacre. One of the Nazi soldiers turns to a mountain of dead bodies and fires his gun multiple times as he screams. This shows he has no regard or emotion to what is really happening around him especially since the Jewish were innocent people. Most of the soldiers shown in the movie have no disregard to what is right and wrong. They do not see it as killing innocent people, it is pleasurable to them and they enjoy having the upper hand. Much of how individuals act with Antisocial Personality Disorder. Goeth also displays characteristics of Antisocial Personality Disorder. I think he suffered from this more than the soldiers. By displaying the actions he did and being so ruthless I think the soldiers learned from him and eventually became just like him. Goeth took his power to his head and would do anything to make the lives miserable for the Jewish and the people around him.

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