Oscar Schindler A Good Man During And After The Holocaust

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Oscar Schindler was an ethnic German Nazi who is credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust. He was born in Svitavy, Moravia. Oscar schindler hired Jews to work in his factories which led to them being saved at the end of world war two. He only cared about himself and money. Although he was very selfish in the beginning of the holocaust towards the end Schindler began to care for the Jews not just himself. For the rest of the essay were going to look at if Schindler was a good man during and after the holocaust.

Schindler was not a good man in the beginning of the holocaust because he enslaved the Jews to work for his company making enamel wear. Schindlelr was cold hearted towards the Jews. The Jews were paid no money for the work that they did. During the end of the holocaust Oscar began to care for the Jews and wanted to save them. He and his assistant Isaac Stern wrote down Jews names for him to buy and save. Once the war was over Schindler told the Jews that they could leave. The Jews were finally free from the slavery and torture that was happening during the time of the war. You could call Schindler a hero for what he did because s.s officers were allowed up in till 12o’clock to kill all Jews. Oscar spoke up and told the officers that they could kill all the
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The History of the holocaust would not have happened if the man wasn’t there to cause all of the events that occurred. There would be no history of the holocaust, it would not have happened if man didn’t kill the Jews and set up camps and obey Hitler. Although Schindler was a part in the history of the holocaust if he would not have saved the Jews he could have changed history. Schindler gathered all of the Jews on the floor and asked them not to seek revenge for what had happened to them. 1,200 more Jews could have died if it wasn’t for the power of Schindlers words. Schindler was a big part he took action and saved Jews and made

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