Kraków Ghetto

What is it that comes to mind when one thinks about a sacrifice that has impacted the world? For many it may be the men and women of the Western Frontier, Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, the activists of the Women and African American’s Civil Rights, or even a neighbor. For sure, whether it is one of those groups or all, they have all made great contributions to humanity. Here is a great example, Oskar Schindler, a German man, who thanks to his factories, is credited for saving about…

Stereotypes are described as a belief abut individuals based on group membership. Prejudice is feelings (typically negative) about individuals based on group membership. Discrimination is behaviors directed toward individuals as a result of their group membership. In Schindler’s List the whole movie shows patterns of these concepts. An example of stereotype was a scene in which a Jewish man thanked Schindler for giving him a job and making him a valuable worker. As the man left, Schindler asked…

War is antagonising, portraying characters holding onto humanity and evoking sympathy from the audience. Director Steven Spielberg’s, Schindler's List: the story is based on Oskar Schindler and his incredible actions to save Jews from Auschwitz. In Darkness, director Agnieszka Holland, tells the true story of Leopold Socha who risks his own life to save a dozen people from death. Both films used technical cinematography, exploring the identity of character, their development and their places…

In the aftermath of World War 1 that left Germany feeling guilty and humiliated, the German people were looking for someone to blame. The Treaty of Versailles in 1919 had devastating effects on the political stability, economic growth, and military power of the country. From this aftermath rose the fascist dictator Adolf Hitler who convinced the nation that the Jews resulted in the loss of the Great War. In 1933 the Holocaust began and reigned terror on Jews across Europe for close to 12 years,…

the eyes of Ellike Freidmann, a Thirteen-year-old Hungarian, Jewish girl who was exposed to the horrid consequences of being a Jew during World War II. It provides an eyewitness account of the daily life within the ghetto of Nagymnagyar, and the concentration camps of Auschwitz, Kraków-Płaszów, Dachau, the sub-camps of Mühldorf and Waldlager as well as working in the Michelwerke factory complex in Augsburg. It signifies the extreme physical and emotional harshness she undertook because of the…

believed so (Bülow). This reveals how the Jews lived in the factory and how they were truly treated a bit better than they would have been in concentration camps. He allowed them to spend the night at the factory in March 1943 when the liquidation of Krakow ghetto was happening (Oskar Schindler). This shows how he had trust to allow them to stay in his factory, even though he was a German and most Germans did not associate with Jews. When it came to saving the Jews, Schindler achieved in…

many Jews during the Holocaust, giving many of them a second chance at life. Oskar Schindler was born April 28, 1908 in Svitavy, which is in present-day Czech Republic. He started out as part of the Nazi party. In 1939 him and his family traveled to Krakow and got involved in the black market. He opened a factory that made German war goods and employed Polish Jews. these weren't his intentions at first but many jews were saved from concentration camps. He called it the Deutsche…

ruthless example of how the dehumanization of Jews in the eyes of Germans impacted the way Jews were treated in the concentration camps. He is showed naked, on his balcony that overlooks the working area for Jews in the Plaszów concentration camp near Kraków, aiming and shooting dead any prisoner that is not working effectively. He gives them no warning and just shoots. The way that the directors show him makes him seem so comfortable and shooting these innocent people without hesitation made…

The film I selected to analyze in this paper was Schindler's List, which was directed by Steven Spielberg. I selected this film specifically, because I always found the subject matter relating to the events of the Holocaust interesting. All of the subject matter I had been exposed to about the Holocaust was from books and through oral teaching, so I thought a film that focused on the Holocaust could give me a deeper meaning of the actual event itself. One of my high school history teachers use…

Courage is essential in determining one’s true moral character and beliefs. It is what enables a person to face difficulty with bravery and adhere to these values. However, an individual’s virtue and intrepidity can be like a dormant seed that requires certain circumstances to cultivate them. In his screenplay, Schindler’s List, Steven Zaillin explores the idea that when an individual consistently performs acts of courage in the midst of horrific and agonizing situations, despite their…