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    primarily stood out in Schindler’s List, Oskar Schindler, Izthak Stern, Amon Goeth, and Helen. These four characters stood out, not only in the movie but in their personas and characteristics. Oskar was the pompous man who turned into somewhat of a decent person, Izthak was the brave Jew who risked his life for many, Amon who was frankly just an arrogant narcissist, and Helen the young women who was shy, yet outspoken enough to make a difference. Oskar Schindler was as you would call it, the…

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    men---was Oskar Schindler. Schindler was a great man to the jewish community. Jews praised him like a god...like a savior. Schindler saved a great deal of jews from being torchured, burned, raped, and killed…however, 1,200 jews that Oskar Schindler have bought with his own money were saved in a factory that Oskar Manufactured. Oskar made a difference to history because of him there will be generations of jews. Oskar Schindler was a member of the Nazi Party. He was born April 28, 1908…

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    you have the ability to feel and understand, if we can’t do that then we’re no different from animals. Or so I thought. Oskar Schindler was a businessman who was part of the Nazi Party. Oskar showed both sides of being a human, good and bad. He started off being manipulative and greedy, like how he only saved Stern so his business could continue running properly. As…

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    Eventually, after the war, Schindler was in a midlife crisis after the war due to several industry fails, bankruptcy, the verge of being arrested, and several changes in his life that caused him to be unsuccessful. A few years after the war, Schindler fled to Argentina to live on a farm with his wife, Emilie Schindler. “...until 1949, when they immigrated to Argentina. In 1957, permanently separated but not divorced from Emilie, Schindler returned alone to Germany” (Oskar Schindler United States…

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    Oskar Schindler’s process of saving those Jews wasn’t an easy task. The Holocaust was one of the worst genocides of all time. “Holocaust is a word of Greek origin meaning ‘sacrifice by fire’” (www.ushmm.org). Which meant that people had to sacrifice by getting burnt and that’s what Adolf Hitler did during the massacre. It was the cause of the death of six million Jewish People. “Before the Second World War, population of Poland was 3.5 million. Today there are between 3,000 and 4,000 left” (www…

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    and in the midst of it many courageous men and women acted heroically, but there is one man in particular that went out of his way to do what was right and just, even when it put his own life in peril. The story of Oskar Schindler is a powerful one; he was…

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    to alleviate some of the suffering the persecuted endured, such as Oskar Schindler. An affluent German businessman who helped the Jews in every way he could, whether it through his bribes, or via his influence in the Nazi Party. He exhibited qualities of a truly inspiring leader in all he did to save innocent lives. His life affected many Jews, because he saved their lives and went to all measures to ensure their safety. Schindler did so much for the Jews, although he did not always possess…

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    Herr Schindler senior of Schindler’s List has very specific ideas regarding destiny, which become evident when he states that “Destiny […] was not a limitless rope. It was a piece of elastic. The harder you went forward, the more fiercely you were jerked back to your starting point” (39). Herr Hans Schindler demonstrates a fairly negative outlook on life, considering his failed marriage, and the ongoing economic crisis of his past. Therefore, it is surprising that his son, Oskar Schindler,…

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    evil. Schindler’s List was truly an amazing, and just a great story. Oskar Schindler was wonderful at the beginning, and to the end. Oskar Schindler didn’t have much in the start, but he grew into a wonderful business man, not knowing he was helping the Jews at first. Oskar was a good man none the less, he really didn’t care that he was helping the Jewish people. The Jews praised him for getting them a job, even though Oskar only saw them as workers for him and his company. It wasn’t till later…

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    years of suffrage, but fortunately he was one of the few Jews that made it out of the ruthless war, and he later on wrote the memoir Night. World War Two wasn’t just about the stories, there were also many people that were involved in the War. Oskar Schindler is…

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