Oskar Schindler's List: How Discrimination Can Have On The World

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The movie, Schindler’s List, is a dramatic and historical film about one man’s heroic actions in a time horror during World War Two. Over a six year span, this film follows a businessman named Oskar Schindler, on his quest to save more than 1,200 Jews from becoming prisoners in work and death camps across Europe. Through this film, Oskar Schindler’s mentality changes, as he comes to realization with the spiteful, horrific treatment the Jews endured due to the Nazi’s. Not only does this film teach the views about history but also about what affects discrimination can have on the world. During the mid 1900’s, a time of extreme anti-Semitism, a businessman named Oskar Schindler, moved to Poland to gain control of businesses in the city of Krakow, …show more content…
This film serves as perfect example of the awful lives and deaths millions of Jew endured because of the Nazi’s. Schindler’s list is just one occasion of extreme racism being demonstrated through film. Everyday different races, religions and ethnic groups are preyed upon and discriminated against in society. Now a days, people like to believe the world is a “better place” but we are not much different from the Nazi’s. In the United States alone, African Americans, Muslims, women,etc. are mistreated and differentiate. This film shows what powerful things hatred can lead people to do to one another. A famous philosopher by the name of Thomas Hobbes once said “Man is a wolf to other men.” Through the film Amon Goeth and many other Nazi’s brought this idea to life through their torturous treatment of the Jews. Discrimination cases are documented world wide each and everyday. Schindler’s List is just one of many stories showcasing and educating viewers about extreme racism in our

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