Schindler’s List takes place in the Polish city of Krakow and many of the German-owned enamelware factories that Schindler used throughout Western Poland and Germany. The movie took place in the 1940s when WWII was dominating Europe and the Nazis had total control of most of the continent, Poland was part of this massive facist dictatorship. The movie begins at the time when the Nazis began forcing the Polish Jews to move into ghettos. Oskar Schindler, a man who was a member of the Nazi party, sees what is being done to the Jews and decides to start an enamelware business where he recieves help from the Jews who he ultimately saves from deportations and ultimately death. Many key events are portrayed in this movie but one of the most pragmatic
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According to Schindler’s List by E.S., the depiction of the Krakow ghetto in the movie is accurate and was good at displaying the horror and the sadness of the deportations from the ghetto and the eventual liquidation of the ghetto (Monahan, 2013). This is explained by the Aktionen or round ups and when people state that life in the ghetto is better “liberty” than other things that could have happened (Monahan, 2013). However, some sources indicate that Oskar Schindler was not the miracle worker that he was portrayed as in the movie. For example, many sources and historians state that Schindler did not care about the fate of the Jews and the only reason why he became heavily involved in saving them was to first make money off of them but eventually cared for the people who worked for him as the war became worse. One example of Schindler not caring about the fate of the Jews was when he bought an apartment in Krakow that was previously used by Jews and did not care that these people were forcibly moved out of their own home and he just moves in with nothing stopping him. One event that the movie never touched on was the ghetto uprising that took place in Krakow, the uprising was unsuccessful and the Jewish fighters were deported to Auschwitz as a part of their defeat by the Nazis (Tighe). Another reason why the movie depicts Oskar Schindler to be a hero is because even though he joined the Nazi party, he still had his own views toward other people and only joined the party because it was fashionable in Germany during the time period
According to Schindler’s List by E.S., the depiction of the Krakow ghetto in the movie is accurate and was good at displaying the horror and the sadness of the deportations from the ghetto and the eventual liquidation of the ghetto (Monahan, 2013). This is explained by the Aktionen or round ups and when people state that life in the ghetto is better “liberty” than other things that could have happened (Monahan, 2013). However, some sources indicate that Oskar Schindler was not the miracle worker that he was portrayed as in the movie. For example, many sources and historians state that Schindler did not care about the fate of the Jews and the only reason why he became heavily involved in saving them was to first make money off of them but eventually cared for the people who worked for him as the war became worse. One example of Schindler not caring about the fate of the Jews was when he bought an apartment in Krakow that was previously used by Jews and did not care that these people were forcibly moved out of their own home and he just moves in with nothing stopping him. One event that the movie never touched on was the ghetto uprising that took place in Krakow, the uprising was unsuccessful and the Jewish fighters were deported to Auschwitz as a part of their defeat by the Nazis (Tighe). Another reason why the movie depicts Oskar Schindler to be a hero is because even though he joined the Nazi party, he still had his own views toward other people and only joined the party because it was fashionable in Germany during the time period