Itzhak Stern

His awareness grows, however, when Stern brings to see him a one armed man who wants to thank Schindler for saving him by making him “essential.” Schindler dismisses the gratitude and chastises Stern for bringing the man to see him. Shortly after scolding, Schindler has to rescue Stern himself from a train bound for a death camp. Meanwhile, construction on the Plaszów labor camp begins and Amon Goeth appears…

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…

Oskar Schindler, a man who was credited with saving more than one thousand Jewish lives, was a person who beyond all circumstances managed to do what no other man ever imagined possible. Society portrayed Schindler as a person who could do the unthinkable; Jewish people on the other hand saw Schindler as a gift from the heavens. If there would have been more people like Schindler then many more Jewish lives would have been saved. Schindler spent over two million dollars on rescuing Jews and…

After being married to his wife for three years, he had an affair with an old school friend; who bore him two children. His life is a mess until he slowly wakes up and sees what is going on around him. He realizes that his trusted accountant, Itzhak Stern, is Jewish and will suffer like the rest of the Jewish community. They were being transported, from Karków Ghetto, and heading off to the concentration camps where they all were doomed to die. Subsequently, he decides to let his…

Martin Luther King Jr, Nelson Mandela, Harriet Tubman are all well known heroes around the world. However, one hero catches my eye, Oskar Schindler. Oskar Schindler was a German business man and apart of the Nazi Party for his benefit–not for their beliefs. This proves that anyone can really be a hero. You don’t have to be a saint like person to earn hero status. Oskar Schindler is a perfect example of this. He went from being an anti-hero to a hero with just a change of heart. He became an…

Oskar Schindler was a member of the Nazi Party and German businessman who used his influence and power to have a positive impact during WWII, rather than the negative one many people he was associated with had. Schindler was born on the 28th April 1908 in Moravia, Austria-Hungary. He attended both primary and high school and later enrolled in technical school but was expelled for forgery. He took courses in Brno in several trades and worked for his father for three years in his farm machinery…

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…

Schindler’s List Questions 1. In making Schindler’s List, Spielberg says he tried to be “more of a reporter than a passionate, involved filmmaker—because I wanted to communicate information more than I needed to proselytize and convert. The information is so compelling because it wasn’t written by Hollywood authors. It comes out of the human experience… [But] out of history.” That vision influenced many of his decisions as the film’s director. Identify and describe 3 scenes that reflect…

The concept of identity is a very complex one. We can look at identity in terms of gender, race, ethnicity, or religion. Or, we can look at identity in terms of individuality, relating to specific qualities and attributes that help define someone 's character. Kwame Anthony Appiah, author of “Racial Identities,” proposes ideas to help readers think about the relationship between individual and collective identity. Collective identity provides a basis for understanding a particular group, whether…

represents a very significant part in Schindler’s List corresponding much to the way how Schindler feels about the Jews even though they are portrayed to be trapped in his factory. Schindler creates a very close friendship with his Jewish accountant Itzhak Stern, where the friendship is tested when he asks for Schindler to save his people. This allows the readers to developing a deeper understanding of Schindler’s of trust and kind ways as Jews and Nazis were forbidden friendships. Although both…