Oskar Shindler Analysis

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The film is about how the Jews survived with the help of a Nazi Party member and a businessman named, Oskar Shindler. During the war, he got a factory by bribing the Nazis. He gathered some Jews to work from his factory and those Jews were treated in a good way. As the movie goes on, his partner Stern was forced to go to a concentration camp but, he bribed the Nazi Officer and he got him back. When the Nazi planned to kill all the Jews, Shindler saw the Jews that were being killed by German soldiers. So, he planned to take more of Jews to be able to save them and used them to his factory. In the end, Oskar Shindler saved 1,100 Jewish lives while risking his life for them. As a tribute to Schindler, the Jews gave him a gold ring just before he left to his hometown and hid against Soviet soldiers. When Shindler thought that it was snowing but it …show more content…
Inside the train there were more than 60 people per room. Many of them struggled with breathing because it was so hot, they were so thirsty and some fainted due to the heat. Luckily, Oskar noticed it so he talked to Amon and some high-ranked officers to use the hose and he attached it to a faucet giving the Jews some water to drink and to cool off the rooms of the train. At first, I felt sorry for the Jews inside the train because it was so hot and they are compressed to each other. But, when Shindler used the hose I was so happy and relieved because they had a drink and some water to cool them. I also felt angry to the Nazi because they didn’t even care about the Jews instead they were laughing at them. This reminds me of a scene of the book Night on page 100, in this page Elie and other Jews were also compressed to the room of the train with no food. Suddenly, a German soldier threw a bread and the Jews went crazy over the bread. As they go on many more soldiers threw bread while they were laughing by looking at the Jews fighting for a piece of

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