Kraków

God and whether or not he was actually going to save them or if he cared about them. I found it very hard and emotional to read about the cold brutal reality of the Holocaust told from a young boys perspective. Many people have heard about Oskar Schindler, but do the people of our time really know how he participated in WWII and how he touched numerous lives? Oskar Schindler was a German Catholic industrialist, who saved the lives of around 1,200 Jews. Schindler followed the Nazi invasion of Poland and then moved to Krakow and assumed responsibility for the operation of two formerly Jewish-owned manufacturers of enamel kitchenware. He opened up Emailia, a factory for the Jews who lived in Krakow, Poland. At its peak strength in 1944, Emalia employed 1,700 workers; at least 1,000 were Jewish forced laborers, whom the Germans had relocated from the Krakow ghetto after its liquidation in March 1943 to the forced labor camp and later concentration camp Krakow-Plaszow (USHMM). Many Nazis despised Oskar Schindler because he was supposedly “A Jew Lover”, but I think that he did amazing things. I am in complete astonishment that a single man saved the lives of over a thousand Jews and many other people from other nationalities that the Germans were against. I think that Schindler is a great role model and motivator. Schindler also established another enamel works in Zolbience. This factory became the haven for around nine hundred Jewish workers. He provided them with…

the New York consulate, in the Washington, D.C. embassy, and, briefly, in Paris. Because of his differences with the Polish government, which he viewed as totalitarian, his political standing became increasingly precarious, and he defected in France in February 1951. He went straight to California to reunite with his family. He then goes straight to work, being a Slavic literature professor at the University of California. Over there, He had to prove that his cultures literature exist. He met…

In July of 2016, I had the opportunity to travel halfway across the world. On this amazing ten day pilgrimage, myself and 27 other members of the surrounding youth groups experienced the rustic architecture of Krakow Poland, met many new people, and took two day trips. The architecture in Poland is centuries old compared to the modern buildings of today's world. As our group of pilgrims walked through Krakow, we marveled at the beautiful structures around us. Apartments and storefronts looked…

‘Schindler’s List’, directed by Steven Spielberg in 1993, is a hard-hitting and gripping film that deals with the key issue of persecution and war. It is a shocking account of the Nazi’s and the Jews during the oppressive era of WWII and by using various, effective cinematic techniques such as camera angles, lighting/colour and sound/music, Spielberg grips the viewer with numerous shocks and twists throughout. The film follows the main character Oskar Schindler as he encounters the realities of…

Schindler’s List takes place in the Polish city of Krakow and many of the German-owned enamelware factories that Schindler used throughout Western Poland and Germany. The movie took place in the 1940s when WWII was dominating Europe and the Nazis had total control of most of the continent, Poland was part of this massive facist dictatorship. The movie begins at the time when the Nazis began forcing the Polish Jews to move into ghettos. Oskar Schindler, a man who was a member of the Nazi party,…

projector that he made himself using the basic tools around his house. Krakow is the first place of the story and we come back to it later in the book. When the Germans come to take all of the jews from the area they begin to search the appartment building that Yanek's family is living in. So they try to escape and run up to the roof where theres an old piegon coop that they turn into a shelter. The family hides there for many months until they eventually get taken in the streets by german…

to business policy, it would be better to go with the flow than to fight the tide. In September 1939, the city of Krakow, Poland was occupied by the German 14th army. Schindler moved to Krakow later that year. It was there in Krakow where he would make his millions off the war. Soon thereafter Krakow became the new capital of Poland under the German government. Schindler was quick to create connections with high ranking German officials. in 1940 Schindler purchased a bankrupt kitchenware…

an army of Germans, this presents two simultaneous crisis’ for Krak. The first loss Krak faces is one of self loss through his realization of his impending death. This is significant because what was once known throughout Kraków as the legendary dragon slayer is now a sickly old man on the verge of death. “ I am already worn out the lust for deeds, some brave, the liveliness of the past has gone-away”, (Wyspiański p.3). Here Krark's dialogue appeals to the feeling of empathy by providing the…

Imagery Rehearsal Therapy was originally developed for persons experiencing nightmares which were not associated with a traumatic response (Pagel et al., 2014; Krakow & Zadra, 2006). Yet, as we saw earlier, approximately 72% of persons with PTSD experience nightmares thus researchers began to examine the possibility of IRT for persons with trauma-related nightmares. In a randomized control study, Krakow et al. (2001) examined the effectiveness of IRT against a wait-list control group for 168…

The Jewish Holocaust was not only a horrific event, it was one that will always be remembered. One brave man, Oskar Schindler, did as much as he could to save the Jewish people of Krakow from the misery of the Nazis. Oskar Schindler not only saved Jewish people from concentration camps and ghettos, but he also helped to nourish them and fought to keep them alive in his factory. Throughout the war, Oskar Schindler brought in many Jewish people to work for him. These people came to his factory…