Oskar Schindler: Helping the Jews “Being a hero doesn’t mean you’re invicible [sic]. It just means that you’re brave enough to stand up and do what’s needed” (Rick Riordan). Oskar Schindler was born on April 28, 1908 in Zwittau, Czechoslovakia. He was a German industrialist and former member of the Nazi party. He helped rescue more than 1,200 Jews from being killed or controlled by the Nazis. Although Oskar Schindler made poor decisions in his early years such as alcoholism and womanizing, he help prevent the mass genocide during World War II by living a different lifestyle, he made better decisions during the war to save Jews and his afterlife. To begin with, Schindler had an early life in which his lifestyle was totally different
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He operated a factory in which Jews “worked” for him and did many deeds when it came to saving the Jews. Schindler’s factory, known as Emalia, is where the lives of numerous Jews stayed during WWII. Inside the factory, no Jews were hit, murdered, or sent to death camps; however, conditions weren’t as comfortable as believed so (Bülow). This reveals how the Jews lived in the factory and how they were truly treated a bit better than they would have been in concentration camps. He allowed them to spend the night at the factory in March 1943 when the liquidation of Krakow ghetto was happening (Oskar Schindler). This shows how he had trust to allow them to stay in his factory, even though he was a German and most Germans did not associate with Jews. When it came to saving the Jews, Schindler achieved in rescuing the most Jewish he possibly could, he begged, bribed, fought with the Nazis from concentration camps and explaining to them he needed more Jewish workers to work for him in his factory (Oskar Schindler). This explains how Schindler tried the best to save Jews from concentration camps, stating why he needed them, and the Jews were liberated to him. “So he decides to risk everything in desperate attempts to save "his" 1200 Schindler Jews from certain death in the hell of the death camps” (Oskar Schindler 2). This states how Schindler risk all that he had in order to give …show more content…
After WWII, Schindler fled away and he no longer was a successful person. One of the jobs he tried to do was to be a film producer. Unfortunately, he was unsuccessful (Emilie Schindler). This asserts how he could no longer be the old Oskar Schindler, he used to be, he had to find a way to make a living but being a film producer wasn’t a success for him. His failures kept occurring one after another, he suddenly went bankrupt and returned to Germany without Mrs. Schindler in 1957 (Keneally 392). Through this piece of evidence, it shows how he made so many sacrifices for the Jews and a few years later he was left without anything. There were multiple survivors who lived to tell their side of the story of the heroic actions of Schindler, Leon Leyson. One of the youngest survivor from Schindler, says Schindler made sure he received double the proportion of food and let him know that his life was valuable even though he was at a very young age (The Boy Saved). This survivor will always thank Schindler for everything he did for him and letting him survive the horrible experience of the Holocaust. According to the article, Schindler list survivor recalls survivour [sic], claims “It was everything for us. It is the main reason why I am alive today, how I was able to build a new life after the war.” Dr. Jonathan Dresner, Schindler survivor, is
He operated a factory in which Jews “worked” for him and did many deeds when it came to saving the Jews. Schindler’s factory, known as Emalia, is where the lives of numerous Jews stayed during WWII. Inside the factory, no Jews were hit, murdered, or sent to death camps; however, conditions weren’t as comfortable as believed so (Bülow). This reveals how the Jews lived in the factory and how they were truly treated a bit better than they would have been in concentration camps. He allowed them to spend the night at the factory in March 1943 when the liquidation of Krakow ghetto was happening (Oskar Schindler). This shows how he had trust to allow them to stay in his factory, even though he was a German and most Germans did not associate with Jews. When it came to saving the Jews, Schindler achieved in rescuing the most Jewish he possibly could, he begged, bribed, fought with the Nazis from concentration camps and explaining to them he needed more Jewish workers to work for him in his factory (Oskar Schindler). This explains how Schindler tried the best to save Jews from concentration camps, stating why he needed them, and the Jews were liberated to him. “So he decides to risk everything in desperate attempts to save "his" 1200 Schindler Jews from certain death in the hell of the death camps” (Oskar Schindler 2). This states how Schindler risk all that he had in order to give …show more content…
After WWII, Schindler fled away and he no longer was a successful person. One of the jobs he tried to do was to be a film producer. Unfortunately, he was unsuccessful (Emilie Schindler). This asserts how he could no longer be the old Oskar Schindler, he used to be, he had to find a way to make a living but being a film producer wasn’t a success for him. His failures kept occurring one after another, he suddenly went bankrupt and returned to Germany without Mrs. Schindler in 1957 (Keneally 392). Through this piece of evidence, it shows how he made so many sacrifices for the Jews and a few years later he was left without anything. There were multiple survivors who lived to tell their side of the story of the heroic actions of Schindler, Leon Leyson. One of the youngest survivor from Schindler, says Schindler made sure he received double the proportion of food and let him know that his life was valuable even though he was at a very young age (The Boy Saved). This survivor will always thank Schindler for everything he did for him and letting him survive the horrible experience of the Holocaust. According to the article, Schindler list survivor recalls survivour [sic], claims “It was everything for us. It is the main reason why I am alive today, how I was able to build a new life after the war.” Dr. Jonathan Dresner, Schindler survivor, is