Do the names Moritz Braun, Hirsch Chewel, Helena Dortheimer, or Anna Reich sound familiar? To German officials of the Third Reich, these names would be better known as 69053, 77193, 76230, and 76407. They don’t care about their names, families, or history. The only thing the SS officers need to know are the numbers; numbers that were tattooed onto the Jews’ arms, as if to say, “we own you know.” But to one man, a person means so much more than a number. To him, a person is a living human being, and this man did whatever it took to save as many Jewish lives as he could. His name is Oskar Schindler. Oskar Schindler, born in 1908, was a German, member of the Nazi Party, and industrialist who saved 1,200 Jewish lives during the Holocaust.
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This means that if he wants to save the Jews, he would have to act fast. He approaches Goeth and convinces him to buy his workers back. Goeth accepts, but demands a large payment for each Jew. Schindler and Stern then compose a list of all the Jews that will be bought off of Goeth (this list is known as Schindler’s List). Soon Schindler brings briefcases full of money to Goeth, and the Jews on the list are transported to his new factory in his hometown. That definitely shows that Schindler has changed, because at first he was too selfish to hire workers without giving them a wage. Now, he is spending all of the money he has earned to save the Jews heading to Auschwitz. But there was a mix-up with the trains. The train with the women going to Schindler’s factory ended up at Auschwitz. Schindler confronts the SS official in charge of the camp and bribes him with jewels in order to get the women back. As they are loading the women back onto the train, the SS officers pulled the children out of line, since they thought they weren’t any use for the factory. Schindler becomes enraged and demands the officers to put them on the train. When a guard asks how they’re useful, Schindler responds with “Their fingers polish the insides of shell metal casings. How else am I to polish the inside …show more content…
Schindler approaches Levartov one day and asks him if today was Friday. Levartov doesn’t know, and Schindler says, “What's the matter with you? You should be preparing for the Sabbath, shouldn't you?” After years of being forbidden to perform Jewish rituals, this takes Levartov by surprise. Schindler is allowing the Jews to have their day of rest, when before he was concerned of losing days of production when they had to shovel snow. This is an example that Schindler is more caring toward the Jews and not preoccupied with production. The Jews keep working in the factory and Schindler continues to bribe SS officials so they won’t take the Jews to Auschwitz. Eventually, Germany’s surrender is announced, and Russian or American soldiers will show up soon to liberate the Jews. Schindler gathers the Jews and SS officers into his factory to make a big speech regarding the surrender. He tells the SS officers that he knows they’ve been ordered to kill the Jews in the factory, and he gives them the option to shoot them now or, “you could leave, and return to your families as men instead of murderers.” To the Jews’ surprise, the SS guards leave. Once again, Schindler had prevented any of the Schindlerjuden from being harmed by talking the guards into leaving without killing
This means that if he wants to save the Jews, he would have to act fast. He approaches Goeth and convinces him to buy his workers back. Goeth accepts, but demands a large payment for each Jew. Schindler and Stern then compose a list of all the Jews that will be bought off of Goeth (this list is known as Schindler’s List). Soon Schindler brings briefcases full of money to Goeth, and the Jews on the list are transported to his new factory in his hometown. That definitely shows that Schindler has changed, because at first he was too selfish to hire workers without giving them a wage. Now, he is spending all of the money he has earned to save the Jews heading to Auschwitz. But there was a mix-up with the trains. The train with the women going to Schindler’s factory ended up at Auschwitz. Schindler confronts the SS official in charge of the camp and bribes him with jewels in order to get the women back. As they are loading the women back onto the train, the SS officers pulled the children out of line, since they thought they weren’t any use for the factory. Schindler becomes enraged and demands the officers to put them on the train. When a guard asks how they’re useful, Schindler responds with “Their fingers polish the insides of shell metal casings. How else am I to polish the inside …show more content…
Schindler approaches Levartov one day and asks him if today was Friday. Levartov doesn’t know, and Schindler says, “What's the matter with you? You should be preparing for the Sabbath, shouldn't you?” After years of being forbidden to perform Jewish rituals, this takes Levartov by surprise. Schindler is allowing the Jews to have their day of rest, when before he was concerned of losing days of production when they had to shovel snow. This is an example that Schindler is more caring toward the Jews and not preoccupied with production. The Jews keep working in the factory and Schindler continues to bribe SS officials so they won’t take the Jews to Auschwitz. Eventually, Germany’s surrender is announced, and Russian or American soldiers will show up soon to liberate the Jews. Schindler gathers the Jews and SS officers into his factory to make a big speech regarding the surrender. He tells the SS officers that he knows they’ve been ordered to kill the Jews in the factory, and he gives them the option to shoot them now or, “you could leave, and return to your families as men instead of murderers.” To the Jews’ surprise, the SS guards leave. Once again, Schindler had prevented any of the Schindlerjuden from being harmed by talking the guards into leaving without killing