Gypsies, Homosexuals and more were killed and cremated by the hands of the Nazis. There were a few, however, that fought the views of Adolf Hitler and attempted to save some of the victims of his cruelty. One of the greatest of these is Oskar Schindler. Oskar Schindler has been described as a crook, an alcoholic, and an insatiable womanizer. All of this may very well be true, but this factory owner was a hero to many Jewish men, women, and children. When those Jews were shipped to the concentration
(Bülow). When one of the Jews that Oskar Schindler saved asked him why he helped the Jews in the concentration camp, he responded with this quote. Oskar Schindler viewed the tormented Jews as more than a dog in the road. He saw the quality of their lives and went against the expectations of society to save them. Oskar Schindler’s work throughout the Holocaust is an important example of someone going against the status quo for the good of others. Oskar Schindler was not the person who you would expect
Saving Lives by The Hundreds Some people are so passionate and devoted to something, that they will risk and sacrifice themselves for the greater good of others. Oskar Schindler was willing to sacrifice his own self for the lives of others in a way that Sydney Carton did in A Tale of Two Cities. Schindler put his life at risk in order to save 1,200 jewish prisoners in the camp of Auschwitz. The sacrifice he made improved many lives of future generations. Auschwitz was a death and concentration
risked their own life in order to spare even a few from the massacre. One of these people was Oskar Schindler- a Nazi. Through his own selfless acts and putting himself in danger, he saved many Jews from a horrible death. Oskar Schindler was born on April 12th, 1908, in the town of Svitavy, a town within the Austro-Hungarian province, Moravia. He was raised as an ethnic German-Catholic by Hans Schindler and Franziska Luser, whom were both German. He was an only child until 1915, where at the age
Secondly, the main character, Oskar Schindler, is described correctly throughout the entire movie. In the film, Schindler is a businessman who is apart of the Nazi party. This statement is also true in real life, as one article says, “In February 1939, five months after the German annexation of the Sudetenland, he joined the Nazi Party. An opportunist businessman with a taste for the finer things in life” (“Oskar Schindler”). He bought a Jewish-owned factory during World War II and the Holocaust
movie, Oskar Schindler is a charismatic, mysterious man. He is a ladies’ man, and he has a good amount of money. Also, Oskar is in the factory business, and he will hire anybody in order to work in his factories. These characteristics and values are proven by two different scenes in the beginning of the movie. First, in the first scene of the movie, Oskar Schindler is constantly tipping the waiter to do tasks for him, such as sending drinks to different tables for him. This proves that Oskar has a
Spielberg and scripted by Steven Zaillian. It is based on the novel Schindler's Ark by Australian author, Thomas Keneally. The film is based on the life of Oskar Schindler, an ethnic German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees during the Holocaust by employing them in his factories. Businessman Oskar Schindler, Liam Neeson, arrives in Krakow in 1939, ready to make his fortune from World War II, which had just started. After joining the Nazi party for political
Oskar Schindler was an entrepreneur during World War II that saved the lives of hundreds of people. Hitler and the Nazis were in complete control of Germany and were torturing and killing millions of people. Meanwhile, Schindler was saving hundreds of Jews, who were the victims at the time, by employing them in his factory. This man heroically showed that even with so much horror in the world, there was still a little good. Oskar Schindler was born on April 28, 1908 in Svitavy, Moravia. He obtained
Heroes can often be found in the darkest of times, and during the Holocaust, Oskar Schindler was one of those heroes. Oskar Schindler was a member of the Nazi party and an incredible businessman. He manipulated the Nazis and broke the law of no sheltering or protecting the Jewish race by hiring over a thousand Jewish people to work in his factory. He also falsified employment records proving that all of his workers were needed in the factory at all times. His employees were so grateful for his
“A thinking man, who had overcome his inner cowardice, simply had to help. There was no other choice” (“Oskar Schindler” 1). Oskar Schindler demonstrated the human spirit in his time spent saving over 1,000 Jews from the deadly Holocaust. Oskar Schindler’s effort, challenges he overcame, and legacy he left are reasons why he is considered a hero, even today. Schindler’s mindset during the Holocaust and the effort he gave to help the Jews was just one of the reasons why he is considered a hero. First
called Rescuers. One of the lights that shinned the brightest was Oskar Schindler, who worked within the Nazi Party. Oscar Schindler rescued 1200 Jews, who were called the “Shindler Juden” which is German for “Schindler’s Jews.” Schindler was a mixture of self-serving greed and generosity and was originally motivated by the fact that he was making a fortune by saving Jews, but eventually became disgusted by Nazi brutality. Schindler was born on April 28, 1908, to a middle-class family in the town
survival because of a greedy businessman who needed workers to make him money. That man was Oskar Schindler. Oskar was a drinker, a gambler, a cheater, a liar, and a money hungry egoist with a taste for the luxuries that life had to offer. And he was a Nazi, go figure. But according to Steven Spielberg, director of Schindler's List, Oskar Schindler was a decent man, not a saint, just a decent man. Oskar Schindler was born on April 28, 1908, in Svitavy (Zwittau), Moravia, it is located on the Czechoslovakian
Oskar Schindler born (April 28th 1908 to October 9th 1974) in the city of Svitavy (Zwittau) in the Sudetenland, which is now part of the Czech Republic. The oldest of two children, Oskar’s father, Hans Schindler, was a farm equipment manufacturer. His mother Louisa, was a homemaker. Oscar and his sister, Elfriede, attended a German-language school where he was popular but not an exceptional student. Forgoing the opportunity to attend college, he went to trade school instead, taking courses in several
compassionate and unassuming individuals. One such hero is Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist who spearheaded an effort to protect his Jewish factory workers from the uncertain fate of the the Jewish ghettos and concentration camps. When asked about his motives Schindler reported, "I just couldn't stand by and see people destroyed. I did what I could, what I had to do, what my conscience told me I must do" (Schindler). Though Schindler was himself a registered member of the Nazi party he would
Oskar Schindler starts out as a flawed man who wants to make money and enjoy the luxuries “of high living” (Ebert 1993) and has little regard for human life besides his own. He He goes through many different, important events that all change him subtly. After World War II ends he becomes a hero to the world, especially to the Jewish people who are called “Schindler’s Jews,” the Jews whom he first uses for his own selfish purposes. Oskar Schindler helps to save over one thousand Jewish people through
qualities”. At the beginning of the Movie Night by Elie Wiesel Oskar Schindler is portrayed as a greedy womanizer and slave owner who only cares about money and himself, he does not look like your typical hero. Although throughout the movie Oskar Schindler seems more and more heroic from the actions he makes to help the Jews. By the end of the movie Schindler is absolutely a hero. Through the entire first half of the movie Schindler is characterized as a Casanova who just has to be with every woman
At the beginning of Schindler’s List, Oskar Schindler was a man who has only one thing on his mind: money. Schindler was a very smart man, with a plan for everything, nothing would stop him from achieving his goal. He hired a Jewish accountant, Itzhak Stern, and started up the foundation of the company. He warmed up to the nazi officials as a way to ensure their interest in buying from him. Oskar Schindler, in the beginning, was a bit egotistical, selfish, and not a very pure man, sleeping with other
List directed by Steven Spielberg, Oskar Schindler is regarded as a great hero amongst many Jews regardless of the fact that he is a German Nazi, because he saves the generations and lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust. The Holocaust was the systematic mass murder of about 6 million Jews and millions of others during World War II that was taken place in Nazi Concentration Camps, under the German Nazi regime. In the midst of this brutal time period, Oskar Schindler finds the heart to undergo a change
CONFLICT AND RELEVANT BACKGROUND 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
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. Oskar Schindler was a very complex and dynamic man. When the Nazi party rose to power