Kraków

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…

lives of the Jews, even if it cost theirs. This essay will explore the journeys and the stories of Oskar Schindler, Raoul Wallenberg, and the Bielski Brothers. Oskar Schindler went to Poland as soon as Hitler invaded the country. When he arrived in Krakow, his first intention was to make a profit out of the…

Spielberg’s impeccable capturing of the Holocaust makes viewers feel as though they are in Schindler’s List. Liam Neeson delivers an extraordinary performance in the title role of Oskar Schindler, the Catholic German businessman, who initially exploited Krakow Jews and later became their friend, protector, and savior from the Nazis. Spielberg made sure that neither he nor the Holocaust will ever be thought of in the same way again. Schindler’s List is a masterpiece with astonishing symbolism…

This would save them in the end. It had all stated when he bought out two previously Jewish companies. He had set up a shop in Krakow and employed mainly Jewish workers. Those working for his shop had been saved from being deported to labor camps. Schindler found out that the Jews in the town were being deported to a labor camp known as Plazow. He used the connections he had to…

As his condition, he was in danger of being arrested as a war criminal In 1939 Schindler acquired an enamelware factoryin Krakow, Poland, which employed about 1,750 workers of whom 1,000 were Jews at the factory’s peak in 1944. His Abwehr connectios helped Schindler to protect his Jewish workers from deportation and death in the Nazi concentration camps. As time went on Schindlrer…

Bayley) Source: http://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/archives/barchpic/search/_1447677685/ Last week I have visited the Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest. Comparing to other museums which are dedicated to this issue (Schindler’s Factory in Krakow, Polin in Warsaw, Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum, Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow) the museum in Budapest leaves an impression of rather poor and much disorganized exhibition. However, among the collection one photo drew my attention (see…

boss Lepke Buchalter. Siegel was arrested and tried for the murder (by that time, he had also killed Krakow). He was acquitted, but newspapers referred to him for the first time by his nickname "Bugsy." Siegel was not pleased, especially when his gangland past was revealed. On one return trip to the East, Siegel drove through the small town of Las Vegas, Nevada. Legend has it that Siegel suddenly had a vision of turning Las Vegas into a gambling mecca. Others said he had merely stopped there…

risks his life to save others who are in danger. However, Schindler didn’t care whether Jews get massacred or not because he was the member of Nazi Party, and he could get another healthy Jews for free. In the clip during the massacre of Jews in the Krakow Ghetto, Schindler was just watching Jews get murdered by the Nazi soldiers. Some people might say that when his accountant officer, Itzhak Stern was captured by the Nazi and was about to send to the camp, Schindler endeavored to save Stern.…

August 15, 1917 , Blessed Oscar Romero was born. When he was just fourteen years old he knew he wanted to be a priest, so he started to study. Unfortunately, Oscar had to drop out to make money for his sick mother. Seven years later, during World War II he traveled to rome to study. Just when Oscar was thirty years old he became an ordained priest, and decided to travel back to his hometown, San Salvador. After twenty- eight years of hard work as a priest he became a bishop. In 1977 he was made…

a factory selling kitchen utensils for the military to use. Authorities are glad to help him. Schindler finds a Jewish accountant, Itzhak Stern( Ben Kingsley) and hires him to help him with the financial part of his business. Stern searches Krakow for Jews to hire for his business. At first Schindler is only for the money. Him and Stern both avoid truthfully discussing certain matters, so they don't get caught. While the Jews are working in his factory he makes sure to feed them well and…