Oskar Schindler was an early German Nazi that turned into a hero and is known for his incredibly impacting works in World War II. He is credited for saving over 1100 jewish lives and giving them the means to work for him in exchange for life. He gave a simple second chance for so many jews during the Holocaust and is recognized in the book “Schindler’s Ark” and the film “Schindler’s list”
Early Life Oskar Schindler was born on April 28, 1908, in Svitavy, Austria-Hungary, which is now Moravia in the Czech Republic. He grew up in a middle class family on the outskirts of Germany and his family considered themselves Germans. He went to grammar school and met many jews but had no impacting friendships with them. Ever since he was little, he always …show more content…
However, once Hitler’s brutality grew towards jews, his opinion changed. He saw how Hitler was slowly but surely taking the humanity away from jewish people by making them wear the star of David, forcing them to be slaves in their own businesses and herding them into ghettos. As this progressed, he started allowing more and more jews to come work for him.
From the way Oskar Schindler ran his factory, Emalia gained the reputation of becoming a safe haven for jews and a means of staying alive. Many wished to work there and Schindler was all too eager to have them there. It grew to be the only hope of staying alive for many people at this time and it was for over 1100 lucky jews.
Schindler was all too aware of the jews misery and was informed of the upcoming liquidation of the ghettos. In early 1943, he saw an enormous amount of violence in the ghettos which worried him. Schindler then told his workers to stay at the factory until the matter settled down. What he did not know was that this were just beginning of a catastrophic time in history, not the end. The liquidation of 10,000s of jews in Krakow soon took place and this had an emotional impact on Schindler. He witnessed beatings, shootings and whippings that would have been unbearable to watch. The things Schindler witnessed at this time is what seemed to be the thing that made him understand …show more content…
The ones who got to go to this camp were grateful to be away from Goeth but they were also saved from the killings, hangings and random beatings found in most of the other camps. Since Emalia was technically a concentration camp, this made Oskar Schindler the camp director but nonetheless, he was a unique one. He spent an abundance of money on making sure his jews had medical care and extra food and other necessities that defied other concentration camps. His constant aiding of jews as well as his black-market dealings did not go without a cost. Schindler was arrested 3 times for these crimes but charmed his way out of it each time and the authorities could not charge him. The things he was doing put himself at great risk. He was playing a very dangerous
Early Life Oskar Schindler was born on April 28, 1908, in Svitavy, Austria-Hungary, which is now Moravia in the Czech Republic. He grew up in a middle class family on the outskirts of Germany and his family considered themselves Germans. He went to grammar school and met many jews but had no impacting friendships with them. Ever since he was little, he always …show more content…
However, once Hitler’s brutality grew towards jews, his opinion changed. He saw how Hitler was slowly but surely taking the humanity away from jewish people by making them wear the star of David, forcing them to be slaves in their own businesses and herding them into ghettos. As this progressed, he started allowing more and more jews to come work for him.
From the way Oskar Schindler ran his factory, Emalia gained the reputation of becoming a safe haven for jews and a means of staying alive. Many wished to work there and Schindler was all too eager to have them there. It grew to be the only hope of staying alive for many people at this time and it was for over 1100 lucky jews.
Schindler was all too aware of the jews misery and was informed of the upcoming liquidation of the ghettos. In early 1943, he saw an enormous amount of violence in the ghettos which worried him. Schindler then told his workers to stay at the factory until the matter settled down. What he did not know was that this were just beginning of a catastrophic time in history, not the end. The liquidation of 10,000s of jews in Krakow soon took place and this had an emotional impact on Schindler. He witnessed beatings, shootings and whippings that would have been unbearable to watch. The things Schindler witnessed at this time is what seemed to be the thing that made him understand …show more content…
The ones who got to go to this camp were grateful to be away from Goeth but they were also saved from the killings, hangings and random beatings found in most of the other camps. Since Emalia was technically a concentration camp, this made Oskar Schindler the camp director but nonetheless, he was a unique one. He spent an abundance of money on making sure his jews had medical care and extra food and other necessities that defied other concentration camps. His constant aiding of jews as well as his black-market dealings did not go without a cost. Schindler was arrested 3 times for these crimes but charmed his way out of it each time and the authorities could not charge him. The things he was doing put himself at great risk. He was playing a very dangerous