Oskar Schindler Character Analysis Essay
Schindler's character is one of the most interesting aspects throughout the film. Mainly because it seemed very hard to characterize Schindler with concrete adjectives. The film is constantly making the viewer question what type of man Oskar Schindler is. In the beginning, he appears to care only about money and seems particularly interested in using his position within the Nazi party to further his drive for wealth/personal pleasures. He's depicted with somewhat of an ignorant tone, almost as if he doesn't ever stop and think about the Nazi party's destructive nature. This is shown early in the film when Schindler is at the Nazi gathering trying to seduce the officer's female companion. He doesn't appear to acknowledge the fact that he's...show more content...
He seems to be cautious at first with Schindler when they first meet and Schindler proposes his plan for an enamel factory. Throughout the film though, I think Stern sees that Schindler is saving people and understands that he can be of use in this process. He goes along with Schindler because he sees the hope that Schindler presents. At one point he states "The list is life" when discussing Oskar's plan to buy the Jews from Goth. He understands what Schindler is trying to do and supports him. Having the support of a close friend I think sped up the process of Oskar's transformation. Being close to a Jew pushed Schindler to face the horrors of the war and act accordingly, resulting in the savior of hundreds. For this reason, I would say that he is just as important as Schindler.
I think Schindler's relationship with Goth is purely one of manipulation. Schindler is using goth, as he is using the entire Nazi party, to get what he wants. It's clear that he doesn't agree with Goth and he even tries to convince him not to kill anyone else in a late–night conversation. When Schindler defends Goth, I don't think he's truthfully defending Goth, but rather making an excuse for all the wrong that's occurring in the world, specifically what he himself is doing. He realizes that on the outside it just appears as if he's a slave–labor profiteer. If you look deeper, however, you'll find a man that isn't all that bad. I think he feels guilty for his
' Oskar Schindler : A Hero?
People who are willing to face severe consequences for their actions can be considered heroes. According to Dictionary.com a hero is defined as a person who, in the opinion of others, has special achievements, abilities, or personal qualities and is regarded as a role model. In the film, Schindler's List, directed by Steven Spielberg in 1993, Oskar Schindler saves victims of the Nazi Holocaust knowing that he could be condemned to death for aiding the Jews. Despite his heroics, Schindler second guesses himself by saying, "I could have got more [people] out. I could have got more. I don't know. If I'd just...If I'd made more money... I threw away so much money. You have no idea. If I'd just...I didn't do enough!". Despite his reluctance to see his actions as the best he could do, he believes it was not enough. Oskar Schindler shows that in order for one to believe that they have done enough, they must have nothing left to give. Schindler did have the means to save more lives than he did, but he did not realize that until after it was too late to save anymore victims. Oskar is by definition a hero because all though he knew the consequences he would face for undermining the Nazi authority which usually ends in jail or death, he decided that saving lives were worth the loss of his own. Oskar Schindler was originally a war profiteer and gambler who liked living on the edge and undercutting the Nazi Party. His initial intent does not take away from his heroic actions because
Oskar Schindler's List Essay
Schindler's List is the heartbreaking true story of a kind man who rescues 1,200 Jews from the dreaded concentration camp Krakow under the guise of his owning a factory that needs workers. He begins the story as a greedy businessman whose only goal is personal gain. As the story progresses he sees the brutal mistreatment of the Jews and he plans to run a pseudo–factory with all Jewish workers to save their lives. The height of Schindler's character arch is not defined by one scene, but a slow build of his character. At the end of the movie, Oskar breaks down in tears, having spent all of his fortune and ruined his reputation, with his biggest regret being that he didn't save more people. This shows his generous and loving heart that he gained over the course of the film, a stark...show more content...
He starts has an avaricious businessman who turned into a kindhearted man who acted like he hated Jews just like everyone else so as to blend in. He ended up saving the lives of 1,200 Jews, one of which was Itzhak Stern.
Itzhak Stern was a Jew whom Oskar Schindler recruited to be his accountant and bookkeeper for his business. Stern proves to be his most loyal friend and trustee, as highlighted in the scene where Stern leaves his house without his papers and is taken to a train that is headed to Auschwitz and Schindler finds out and bargains his rescue, claiming that he is essential personell to his business and threatens the captors' jobs.
Amon Goeth is the ruthless Nazi commander who runs Krakow and is the biggest deterrent in Schindler's plan. He kills without discretion, often sniping innocent Jews in the yard of the camp for sport. His hatred for the Jews was thought to be Schindler's greatest obstacle to overcome. His actual greatest challenge was the rescue of Helen Hirsch, Goeth's Jewish
Oskar Schindler : A Member Of The Nazi Party
Oskar Schindler is widely known as a member of the Nazi Party who saved the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust. He is the subject of the novel Schindler's Ark, and the film based on it, Schindler's List. He was born on April 28th, 1908 into a Catholic German family and was raised in Zwittau, in the Sudetenland. Oskar had a younger sister named Elfriede who he loved dearly, his father was Johann "Hans" Schindler, the owner of a farm machinery business while his mother, Louisa, was a homemaker. Although he did graduate from high school he did not attend college but went to trade school instead but then decided to leave in 1924, taking odd jobs and trying to find a new direction in life. By 1928, he met and married Emilie Pelzl and soon after was called into military service, serving in the Czechoslovakian Army for eighteen months where he rose to the rank of Lance–Corporal. After his military service, he began working as a sales manager for Moravian Electrotechnic which went bankrupt shortly afterwards, leaving Schindler unemployed. In 1935, when Oskar was 27 years old, his father abandoned his mother, there was no divorce. Three years later she died alone and Oskar was devastated, refusing to speak to his father at her funeral. It was during this period when Oskar surprised his friends and family by wearing a Swastika. He had joined the Nazi party as it was good for business and he wanted to make a lot of money. In Europe the political landscape was experiencing
The view that I have been assigned to defend is Doris's situationism against the objection that during the Holocaust some Germans engaged in heroic acts of rescue even when they had strong situational pressures. According to Doris situationism is the way people act towards a situation based on surrounding factors. People are going to decide to act or not to act based on how they see the situation after they analyze it. There are many factors that people take into consideration when deciding whether to act upon the action or not, one of the main factors would be whether the person helping will benefit from it. A good example for this would be Oskar Schindler. He committed a heroic act to help some Jews during the Holocaust. He was a German and...show more content...
Eichmann was assigned to send a transport of Jews going to a concentration camp to get killed. He decided to go against what he was assigned and concluded he would do something to save those Jews that had to be transported, instead of sending them to the concentration camp he sent them to a ghetto that hadn't been cleared which gave them a little more time to live. However, when added the pressure from his superiors that found out what he had done he immediately sent the transport of Jews to Auschwitz to get killed. Doris' situationism states that people act upon a situation based on surrounding factors. As portrayed in his experiments, when people were put under certain pressure they would act towards the situation in a specific way. There was an experiment where a person would drop papers outside a phonebooth, based on whether they had found a dime inside the phonebooth people would help or decide not to help. This experiment found that when they found the dime fourteen people helped and two didn't. On the other hand, when they didn't find the dime one person helped and twenty–four people didn't help. With this experiment Doris proves once more that situationism is real. People are likely to take action towards a situation based on the surrounding factors and whether or not they would benefit from
Essay on Oskar Schindler
[War] brings out the worst in people. Never the good, always the bad. Even in the midst the devastation of a national genocide, where one race turned against another in hate, good people existed and worked to counteract the hate through love and compassion. Oskar Schindler was one of these people. World War II provided him the means to become a very wealthy and powerful man, yet he did not exploit the Jews like many other businessmen during his time. He used his money and power to save thousands. Much can be learned from what happened during the holocaust and what Schindler did to save thousands of Jews. Oskar Schindler was a very complex and dynamic man. When the Nazi party rose to power and began to dominate and discriminate against...show more content...
From this moment on, the people that worked for Schindler were not just Jews, they were Schindlerjuden, people who he had the responsibility of protecting. Itzak Stern was no longer just his accountant and business manager, he was Schindler's go–to person vital to the survival of the Schindlerjuden. Schindler grew closer to Stern as the war progressed and he began to regard Stern as an equal, sharing personal thoughts and decisions with him. After the war, Schindler relied on Stern and the other Schindlerjuden for support as he was never able to live a secure life because of the effect the war had on him.
The Jews that Schindler protected lived a much different life than Schindler himself. Life for them was turned upside down as there were "no set rules to live by." The Schindlerjuden lived every day in fear of never having another, never feeling totally sure of what the future had in store for them. They weren't sure if they would be able to walk across the Plaszow concentration camp without being shot by Amon Goeth, they weren't sure if they would be sent off to an extermination camp, they weren't sure if they would ever be able to live the life they had. This uncertainty can be seen in Schindler's List. One moment the women Schindlerjuden were about to have a better life in Schindler's new factory in Czechoslovakia, the next they were accidentally routed to Auschwitz, and the next they were safely returned to
Oskar Schindler: The Heroes Of The Holocaust
Chaim Chefer wrote, No other event in current history created so many stories of atrocities and horror as the Holocaust. Much has been written on the victimization of millions and the senseless murder of 11 million human beings. It is rare to find any sliver of goodness during that horrible time in history. Yet there are incredible stories of courage and humanity that are just beginning to be told... Just as we should never forget the horrors of the Holocaust, we should also never forget the heroes of the Holocaust... Most of the victims unfortunately had no control –– no choice in their destiny. The rescuers, on the other hand, had choices. They could have chosen to have looked the other way –– as many around the world did. But not the heroes....show more content...
Nicholas saved many children during the holocaust. Because of his briskness to act, he was able to protect lives and get the children to safety so they could have a better future. In October 1938... the Nazis annexed a large part of Western Czechoslovakia. Winton was convinced that the German occupation of the rest of the country would soon follow...(Beitz). Winton decided to step in to help. "I found out that the children of refugees and other groups of people who were enemies of Hitler weren't being looked after. I decided to try to get permits to Britain for them. I found out that the conditions which were laid down for bringing in a child were chiefly that you had a family that was willing and able to look after the child, and £50, which was quite a large sum of money in those days, that was to be deposited at the Home Office... The parents desperately wanted at least to get their children to safety when they couldn't manage to get visas for the whole family. I began to realize what suffering there is when armies start to march" (Beitz). The last trainload of children left on August 2, 1939, bringing the total of rescued children to 669. On September 1, 1939 the biggest transport of children was to take place, but on that day Hitler invaded Poland, and all borders controlled by Germany were closed. This put an end to Winton's rescue efforts (Beitz). Because of Nicholas Winton's actions, Many children of the
A Hero: Oskar Schindler Essay
How is a hero defined? A quote from ERAGON and it is about what a true hero is "He threw him–self in front of Eragon, his mouth open in a soundless snarl. The dagger struck him with a soft thump, and he landed heavily on his shoulder" (Eragon 266). This is an example of a true hero. Brom could have save himself and leave Eragon to die, but he chose to get the dagger in his side. Brom did not care if he died, only that Eragon live this is what a true hero is. To many people, Oskar Schindler is one of the greatest heroes because he saved many Jewish lives during the Holocaust. First this is about Oskar Schindler life and death.
Oskar Schindler was born on the year of 1908 in April on 28 in Svitavy in Moravia Ca province of the Austro...show more content...
Then he found out about how the Nazis treated the Jewish people. Oskar was so disgusted by the sheer cruelty that the Jewish people when through. In the beginning after he found out Oskar began to save as mining Jews people went through. Oskar also made sure that no ammunition was produced or was to be used in the war. Oskar also made his factory was a place a refuge for the Jewish people (1). Next it will be about how Oskar treated the Jewish people.
Oskar Schindler treated the Jewish people nicer and better that the Nazi treated the Jewish people. Oskar did not beat the Jewish people when they did something wrong. The Nazis would beat the Jewish people if they did something wrong. Oskar did not kill the Jewish people at all. The Nazis would kill the Jewish people if they could not work, and if they were too young or too old. Oskar treated the Jewish people nicer by feeding them more. Oskar also made sure the Jewish people were not murdered or deported. Oskar made the Jewish people a place where they could live, and also moved his factory to save his Jewish workers (2, 3, and 5). Oskar Schindler was kind to the Jewish people. Following is about how Oskar Schindler paid the Jewish people.
During the Holocaust Oskar Schindler paid the Jewish people and started to think about the treatment of Jewish people. Oskar Schindler paid women $4,000 more than men. Oskar paid men $14,000 U.S. dollars. Oskar Schindler paid women $18,000 US dollars. Oskar
Oskar Schindler: Determinism
To his own detriment, Oskar Schindler relentlessly protected Jews in spite of the world around him. Thus, the notion that determinism trumps agency is an insult towards those who actively opposed the crimes committed by the Nazi Party. To claim that the German people were helpless brainwashed bystanders and prisoners to their predetermined fate devalues the efforts of those like Schindler who resisted and rebelled against the Nazis. As Elie Wiesel suggests, innocent bystanders do not exist. Each and every German had the tools necessary to help cease the slayings of the Jewish people. Every indifferent German, every supporter of Hitler, everyone who turned a blind eye, each and every person who did not do whatever they could to oppose the...show more content...
Keneally does not attempt to portray him as such, and thus writes the novel as an unbiased, partly fictionalized account of historical events. He begins with Schindler's childhood, stressing that he had a normal and decently privileged upbringing, and that it does not seem that Schindler had any early inclination towards being a savior. This suggests that nearly anyone could have also accomplished what Schindler did. Schindler naively married young, and due to his drinking and reputation as a philanderer, his marriage faltered. But Schindler was a sociable and genial man, characteristics that led him to a job offer to gather information for the Nazis to help them advance into Poland. And so it seems at one point, Schindler's beliefs did partially coincide with those of the Nazi party. Scarily enough, Schindler's upbringing is eerily similar to that of the sadistic commander of the concentration camp Plaszów, Amon Goeth. However, the differences in these men's actions could not better demonstrate agency. For when Schindler was living in the Polish city of Krakow as a businessman, he formed several connections and friendships with Jews, something Geoth and other Nazis would never consider. Schindler even bought a failing enamel factory under the advisement of a Jew, and the factory became a safe haven for hundreds of Jewish workers. Soon after the purchase, a
Essay On Oskar Schindler
Oskar Schindler is deserving of his praised legacy to a large extent. Oskar Schindler can be viewed as an "Angel" to a fairly great extent, yet however, falls under the role of the bystander, in the bullying cycle, to a large extent as well, which may cause a contradiction in the view as to whether he is deserving of his legacy. When reviewing his life the research does reveal that he is, in fact, well deserving of his legacy and can therefore be viewed in a positive light. Oskar Schindler was a brave and great man with both positives and negatives in his history and legacy. Oskar Schindler (OS), was a man that is remembered for the amount of lives he saved. OS was an ethnic German, born in April of 1908 (source I). He was born and raised...show more content...
Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party were a group of racists, teaching people that Jews were inferior and deserved to be treated worse than animals. When someone as powerful as Adolf Hitler was, tells people that Jewish people are the scum of the earth, all those who listen will be influenced and follow in his footsteps. This will have a knock on effect, causing everyone to feel as though Jewish people really should be hated, and their race really is inferior (Source H). When looking into this, one automatically assumes that all members of the Nazi party agree with the teachings of their leader Adolf Hitler. If this is true, then one will furthermore have the assumption that OS too, being a part of the Nazi party, believes that Jewish people are the inferior race. The method in which Adolf Hitler had a hatred for Jewish people then spread it, can be compared to the bullying cycle. Adolf Hitler was the bully, Jewish people were the victim, and OS, along with all other Nazi members as well as all other Germans and people who did nothing to put an end to the atrocities, were the bystander. OS was a victim to the bullying circle in the sense that he was a bystander. Joining the Nazi party meant that he was in support of what was being instilled in Germany by the government. It meant that OS too was going to let people be killed for their
Oskar Schindler Essay
The Holocaust was a dark time in world history. Jews, Gypsies, Homosexuals and more were killed and cremated by the hands of the Nazis. There were a few, however, that fought the views of Adolf Hitler and attempted to save some of the victims of his cruelty. One of the greatest of these is Oskar Schindler. Oskar Schindler has been described as a crook, an alcoholic, and an insatiable womanizer. All of this may very well be true, but this factory owner was a hero to many Jewish men, women, and children. When those Jews were shipped to the concentration camp Plazsow, he would make the famed Schindler's list. This list was a promise, a promise to those who were on it, that they would not die at the hands of the Nazis. Since he was known to...show more content...
On a business trip with his father he visited the farming village of Alt–Molstein in the Bohemian countryside. They stopped at the Pelzl farm where he became infatuated with the farmer's daughter Emilie. She was beautiful, educated, and was very religious just like his mother, Louisa. With talk of marriage, neither father was very pleased. However Herr Pelzl, Emilie's father, reluctantly agreed and promised Oskar a dowry of one hundred thousand Czech crowns and the couple were married in March. 1928 only six months after they first met. Schindler worked in his family business until he one day accepted a job as a sales manager in Czechoslovakia. He soon joined the Nazi Party and began working as a spy for the Germans.In 1939 he was arrested by the Czechs and was condemned to death. However, his life was saved when the Nazis soon took over Czechoslovakia. Also in 1939, the Germans invaded Poland and Word War II began. Schindler acquired a bankrupt factory that made enamel coated pots and pans. He hired Itzhak Stern to be his accountant. Schindler bribed his way into getting army contracts and his factory soon began supplying the German army. The Jews were soon forced into the Krakow ghetto, Where living conditions were horrible. Many of the Jews that lived here worked
Oscar Schindler: Saving The Jewish People
Why'd he do what he did? For the Jews, for humanity, for proving that you can be pure even in the darkest of times. Why? Oscar Schindler saved the Jewish people in his factory when he saw that they were ruthlessly slaughtering them. He knew the Jews in his factory that was working for him in his enamelware factory making faulty items like cooking pots and ammunition, etc. He would see the Jewish as cheap labor and would buy a good amount to work in his factory around 1,200. Oscar was one of the only people trying to save the Jews and succeeded.
Oscar would risk his life to save the Jewish workers he had. To Oscar the Jews were innocent people just like any other little kid or adult who would do no wrong. He didn't want to lose his workers cause
Oskar Schindler Thesis
Oskar Schindler
Imagine you're in a concentration camp and you know your life is going to end, but then you see hope. In this essay I will be telling you about Oskar Schindler; Oskar was a wonderful man that did everything for his jew's out of the kindness of his heart, and he saved 1200 jews from being murdered in concentration camps. Schindler did a lot of amazing things in his life, but these are just a few things he did. To begin, Oskar Schindler was an interesting man, but let me tell you about his life first. According to Oskar Schindler wikipedia Oskar was born on "April 4, 1916 and died October 9, 1979" Oskar was a husband and a father of two children ("Oskar Schindler"). Oskar lived in Krakow, Poland ("Oskar Schindler"). He was a big businessman and owned two warehouses. Later those warehouses became home to about 1200 jews ("Oskar Schindler Legacy"). Although, saving those jews was no easy task. In the...show more content...
Schindler moved to Argentina with his wife and some of his jews to buy some land and start new ("Oskar Schindler"). Later on Schindler moved back to Israel and stayed there till his death ("Oskar Schindler"). The people of Israel buried his body on Mount Zion to show their appreciation of what he did for the jews ("Oskar Schindler Legacy"). This was Oskar Schindler's story, and how Schindler saved 1200 jews out of the kindness of his heart. This is some of the amazing things Oskar did in his life. For a man that lived for 63 years he accomplished a lot, but if anything I think he is most proud of his jews. Schindler was an amazing man because he saved 1200 jews, and he used every penny he owned to save his jews. Although, after the war Schindler moved to Argentina, but then abandoned his family to go back to Jerusalem, and be there till his death. If I was in a concentration camp and I knew I was going to die, but then I saw hope I would do anything for the person who saved
Why Is Oscar Schindler A Hero
INTRODUCTION
In this paper I will try to explain who the man Oscar Schindler was, where he came from, and what his motivation was for saving so many Jews. I will further highlight the reasons why, and explain the methods he used to save 1,200 people during World War 11. I will also further discuss the ethical implications of these actions and believes. The reader can at the end of this paper decide for himself or herself if Oscar Schindler, while partaking in the Holocaust, who could be considered as one of the greatest heroes of the century, was a bystander, persecutor or a rescuer.
I ask myself the question. What is a hero? Everybody has a hero. A hero can be a lot of things. It could be someone's favorite sports star, someone you respect or maybe someone who cares and loves you. Oscar Schindler is a hero to over 6,000 Jews currently living across the United States and Europe.1...show more content...
He stayed with his father, mother and sister. They were a very rich family and he worked for his father. They had a machinery business. In 1928 , Oscar Schindler got married to Emilie Pelzl.2 Schindler was a handsome young man, and not long after the marriage he had several affairs which resulted in two children out of wedlock.
The Schindler family business went bankrupt during the Great Depression and Oscar was then unemployed for a while. His father divorced his mother and soon afterwards his mother died.
Oscar Schindler was a womanizer and an alcoholic. He was low class and had low morals. The question then arises. How can this man then be classified as a hero? With all his money and power, what would drive him to risk his own life to save all the people he has never met? It was surely not an easy
Oskar Schindler And The Holocaust
"Now you are finally with me, you are safe now. Don't be afraid of anything. You don't have to worry anymore." Oskar Schindler was just a normal man, but he proved that there was hope for the Jews during the Holocaust. He did the impossible by saving over 1,200 Jews, impacting the Holocaust.
Oskar Schindler had just gotten a factory to gain money, but after a change in heart, Schindler used it to save Jews. Schindler was born in Zwittau, Czechoslovakia on April 28th, 1908. Down the street from where he lived when he was young was a Jewish Rabbi family, he became best friends with two boys in the family. Schindler's family was wealthy until an economic depression came and took all of their money. He went to many different schools in Brno. He had been employed in multiple jobs such as, selling government property, opening a driving school, working at his father's farm machinery business, and joining the Czechoslovak Army and gaining the rank Lance Corporal in the reserves in 1939. He married a german woman, Emilie Pelzl, born in Moravia; on March 6th, 1928. During the war he stayed in Zwittau and became a citizen of the Czechoslovak Republic. Later in February of 1939 he joined the Nazi Party. He left his wife in Zwittau to live in Krakow, though still married. Where he lived in an apartment that used to be owned by a Jewish family. Schindler soon gained authority of Deutsche Emailwarenfabrik ( German Enamelware Factory), a Jewish owned enameled goods factory by bribing and
Was Oskar Schindler A Hero
Think about all of the great heroes in the world: Martin Luther King Jr, he showed numerous leadership qualities and Nelson Mandela, he was a peaceful and forgiving man. But then there is Oskar Schindler, a greedy, drunk, and unfaithful womanizer. Yet despite all of his flaws, he became the unlikely hero of over a thousand Jews. Now, how did such a man become a beloved hero? Well, I believe that this complicated man's identity is made up of the people around him, where he lived, and his life experiences. The people that Oskar Schindler met contributed to his identity. When he bought his factory in Kraków, Poland, he hired an accountant by the name of Itzhak Stern. Stern was of Jewish faith and even though Schindler was a member of the Nazi Party,...show more content...
He bribed them, constantly gave them gifts and money to just be able to keep his workers safe and sound. Furthermore, at the time that Schindler was living in Poland, Hitler was making changes into both Germany and Poland. All of this forms his identity because he lived in a place where he was able to see and know about the horrors that the Nazis did. It made him come to understand how wrong the Nazis were. Now lastly, I believe that Schindler's life experiences have made his identity. Throughout Schindler's life, he's gambled and bribed many people to get his way. Gambling and bribing aren't very honorable things but they were some of his greatest assets. And surprisingly, it helped him save his Jewish workers. He used what he knew before – even if it was a bad thing – and used it for good. That was something very special Schindler could do. In conclusion, Oskar Schindler was really just an ordinary guy who did extraordinary things. Things that most of the Germans were too cowardly to do. And although Oskar Schindler did not fit the description of a good man, he showed that even the unlikeliest of people could be a hero. He was a man like no
With the passing of time, the ideas that are thought of people change, such as the concept of war which people from the past value the idea and in contemporary society, the idea is considered atrocious; however, the quintessential concept of what qualities of what a hero needs has not been altered. Understanding what a hero is, individuals hold certain qualities above the other ones to display who has the possibility of becoming one and who cannot achieve the prestigious status of a hero. To attain the position of a hero, an individual must have the qualities that are paramount to the idea, which are to be decisive, fight for what he/she believe is right, and being caring of others.
To become a hero, a person must be able to act quickly...show more content...
With the concept of a hero, a hero is motivated by his/her emotions to overcome an obstacle in his/her path. For instance, if a person sees someone in need of assistance, he/she would be kind and assist the other individual with whatever he/she needed, furthermore, if someone kidnaps a loved one, a normal individual would be motivated by the emotions building up inside to save that loved one. However, a hero would use those emotion for the greater good, not for malicious intentions. In contemporary society, the idea of 'superheroes', such as Superman and Wonder Woman, having the commonality of having a "heart of gold" is banal, yet it is immensely popular due to the idea of a hero.
In conclusion, the qualities that are the basic makeup of a hero, decisiveness, fighting for a belief, and gentleness, are exceptionally crucial; however, those traits are not the qualities a hero needs, but those represent the vision of a hero the best out of all the
Who was Oskar Schindler? Essay
The Rescuers
A light can save you from the darkness. In every darkness there is always a light. People think that there were not any lights in the dark time of the Holocaust. However, there were many lights saving Jews from the darkness. These lights were called Rescuers. One of the lights that shinned the brightest was Oskar Schindler, who worked within the Nazi Party. Oscar Schindler rescued 1200 Jews, who were called the "Shindler Juden" which is German for "Schindler's Jews." Schindler was a mixture of self–serving greed and generosity and was originally motivated by the fact that he was making a fortune by saving Jews, but eventually became disgusted by Nazi brutality. Schindler was born on April 28, 1908, to a middle–class family...show more content...
This "factory" was a cover for his rescue operation. Schindler was happy with his factory operation because he was making money, everyone was fed no one was beaten and no one died German and Gestapo and Police arrested him three times, while he owned his first factory (Emalia), but were unable to charge him. Schindler spent his entire fortune, some two million, on the rescue efforts; as a result he was penniless after the war. In 1942 the Nazis murdered thousands of Jews while trying to take them to a concentration camp. Schindler witnessed this event and asked to have 900 Jews transferred to his factory. When asked why Schindler made this request, he replied "If you saw a dog going to be crushed under a car, wouldn't you help him?" Schindler then created a list with 1200 "employees" who were to be transferred to his factory. Schindler ruined an effort to send these Jews to Auschwitz, and got them safely to his factory were the stayed for the rest of the war. Schindler used massive bribes and diplomacy to convince the camps brutal Gestapo Comandant Amon Goeth to approve the transfer of the Jews on his list. Schindler ended up paying the Jews, which worked for him, salary to the Gestapo. Schindler kept the Gestapo out of the camps his Jews were in so that the officers wouldn't work them to hard. Schindler falsified employment records to say that the Jews had essential skills to the war effort to avoid suspicion. When
Oskar Schindler: A Hero Study Essay
CONFLICT AND RELEVANT BACKGROUND
Oskar Schindler faced many conflicts in his life. The main conflict he faced was overcoming the Nazis and saving over one thousand Jewish People. Schindler, with out a job at the time, joined the Nazi Party and followed on the heels of the SS when the Germans invaded Poland. This is when Schindler took over two previously Jewish owned companies that dealt with the manufacture and sales of enamel kitchenware products and opened up his own enamel shop right outside of Krakow near the Jewish ghetto. There, he employed mostly Jewish workers, which saved them from being deported to labor camps. Though twice the Gestapo arrested him, he got released because of his many connections and with many bribes. Most...show more content...
He saved over one thousand Jewish people from going to labor or death camps. He risked his life for people he has never even met. Schindler received word that a train of evacuated Jews from Golezow camp was stranded in the nearby city of Svitavy. As he has done twice before, Schindler pulled some strings at the top and got permission from German officials to take his workers to the nearby station to rescue the stranded. Once at the station, they forced the doors open to the rail car and saved about one hundred half frozen Jews and did their best to nurse the ill back to health, and those who did not survive received a proper Jewish burial.
Also, the actions of Oskar Schindler determined the fate of the Jewish. He set up his own enamel factory and employed a little under one thousand Jews. Schindler again pulled some strings and opened a new factory in a new location making defective bullets for German guns. "Beyond this day, no thinking person could fail to see what would happen," Schindler said. "I was now resolved to do everything in my power to defeat the system." That is exactly what Schindler did too. Though many Jews died because of the holocaust, Schindler did save over one thousand Jews from death, which practically saved an entire race from becoming extinct.
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Oskar Schindler's List Essay
At the beginning Germany conquered Poland and WWII begins in Europe. All jews were forced to relocate and register. Krakow became the the capital of German occupied Poland and was one of the biggest jewish ghettos. The Jewish people were not treated well but the germans during this period of time and although they were mistreated they still did not have a "fear" it of them it was more of a "hatred". Oskar Schindler meets his future accountant and business partner Isaac Stern in a church known for black market investors. He negotiates with stern and men from an enamelware factory that had filed for bankruptcy. Schindler Takes over this factory and with the help of jewish Stern starts to hire jewish workers because they are cheaper than the...show more content...
Oskar Schindler's factory is closed and his jewish workers are taken back to Plazow. Oskar schindler is now fully aware of what he has done for the jewish people, and the "safe haven" he has created for them even though he doesn't like to say it. He decided to move his factory to Brenneck, it was considered and ammunition and enamelware factory now. Schindler gets Itzhak Stern, whom he still protects, to create a list of jews to which he will keep in his factory to work for him. This is the "list" in which the novel get its name. The jews put on that list that day were saved in a way, schindler had a new motive for his factory, it was no longer for business, it was a "rescue mission" However the women on the list get transferred to Auschwitz by accident and we then see Oskars character develop as he fights for them back but still remembers to protect his role as a german. In January Amoth Goeth's camp, Plaszow, is closed down and all the remaining jews are sent to Auschwitz. Schindlers factory is still running, however the factory is almost bankrupt as therein not live ammunition being produced, it is all faulty. A couple months lather WWII ends and the holocaust