Schindler

Oskar Schindler, a man who held the identities of a cheating husband, a member of the Nazi party, and a hero. In the year 1939, Schindler traveled to Krakow, taking advantage of Hitler’s invasion of Poland to earn money. Within weeks, the entire city was consumed by the Nazis and their principles. The Nazis blamed the Jewish people for Germany’s defeat in World War 1, claiming them as parasites and aliens to the German culture. Schindler’s eyes were elsewhere, on money, until he witnessed the barbarous massacre of the Jewish. Schindler no longer viewed money as his priority; it was to save as many lives as he could. Punishment did not stray far from Schindler. He risked his life while breaking the laws of helping a Jewish person. With his efforts, they carried on their heritage and history of the Holocaust into the present. Oskar Schindler became a hero, not a superhero with super-natural abilities in cartoons or comic books, a hero who had the power to make a difference with his ability of compassion.

Schindler was a money-hungry businessman, seeking wealth with no reasonable purpose other than profits. He began his adventure by purchasing a bankrupt kitchenware factory with the assistance from Itzhak Stern. For a smooth business, he focused on gaining the favour of Nazi officials, relying on Germany’s army for sales. Bribery in the form of cash and black-market goods provided Oskar with stable relationships. Putting his connections at use, Schindler ran the factory with cheap labour; Krakow’s Jewish community, earning millions through the exploitation of slavery. Though he was a greedy man, he did not view his employees as vermin. In his factory, Deutsch Emailwaren Fabrik, no one was harmed, killed, or starved under his order...

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...more than six thousand Schindler Jews and their children told the story of Schindler’s courageous and noble acts (www.notaeblebiographies.com). Today, there are approximately over seven thousand Schindler Jews descendants (schindlerjews.com). Schindler gave hope to all Jewish people, giving them reassurance of freedom and kept the cycle of hatred from continuing.

The green paper that Schindler had once loved so much; he spent it to save lives. He understood the value of human life and endangered himself to protect the Jewish people. Schindler viewed the Jewish people as intellectual beings, who were mothers, fathers, sisters, and brothers, not poison who caused the mishaps of Germany. Schindler Jews continue to pay their respects and gratitude by visiting his grave, his kindness was not forgotten. From a money-craving man, he turned into an unlikely hero.