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
Oskar Schindler was a German industrialist during World War II. As a greedy businessman, he was looking to profit from the times. He took over an enamelware factory in Krakow Poland, after Germany invaded Poland in 1939. He used cheap Jewish labor in his factory to manufacture and sell pots and pans to the German Army. By 1941, he had become very wealthy from his efforts. He had power, prestige, and wealth beyond compare – he had it all, and gave little thought to what (or whose) expense he had
Oskar Kokoschka Kokoschka was born in P^chlarn, a Danube town, on March 1, 1886. He studied at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts from 1905 to 1908. As an early exponent of the avant-garde expressionist movement, he began to paint psychologically penetrating portraits of Viennese physicians, architects, and artists. Among these works are Hans Tietze and Erica Tietze-Conrat (1909, Museum of Modern Art, New York City), August Forel (1910, Mannheim Art Gallery, Germany), and Self-Portrait
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
him?” (Bülow). When one of the Jews that Oskar Schindler saved asked him why he helped the Jews in the concentration camp, he responded with this quote. Oskar Schindler viewed the tormented Jews as more than a dog in the road. He saw the quality of their lives and went against the expectations of society to save them. Oskar Schindler’s work throughout the Holocaust is an important example of someone going against the status quo for the good of others. Oskar Schindler was not the person who you would
Saving Lives by The Hundreds Some people are so passionate and devoted to something, that they will risk and sacrifice themselves for the greater good of others. Oskar Schindler was willing to sacrifice his own self for the lives of others in a way that Sydney Carton did in A Tale of Two Cities. Schindler put his life at risk in order to save 1,200 jewish prisoners in the camp of Auschwitz. The sacrifice he made improved many lives of future generations. Auschwitz was a death and concentration
survive the genocide, such as Anne Frank and Eliezer Wiesel. But then there are people who risked their own life in order to spare even a few from the massacre. One of these people was Oskar Schindler- a Nazi. Through his own selfless acts and putting himself in danger, he saved many Jews from a horrible death. Oskar Schindler was born on April 12th, 1908, in the town of Svitavy, a town within the Austro-Hungarian province, Moravia. He was raised as an ethnic German-Catholic by Hans Schindler and Franziska
movie, Oskar Schindler is a charismatic, mysterious man. He is a ladies’ man, and he has a good amount of money. Also, Oskar is in the factory business, and he will hire anybody in order to work in his factories. These characteristics and values are proven by two different scenes in the beginning of the movie. First, in the first scene of the movie, Oskar Schindler is constantly tipping the waiter to do tasks for him, such as sending drinks to different tables for him. This proves that Oskar has a
Secondly, the main character, Oskar Schindler, is described correctly throughout the entire movie. In the film, Schindler is a businessman who is apart of the Nazi party. This statement is also true in real life, as one article says, “In February 1939, five months after the German annexation of the Sudetenland, he joined the Nazi Party. An opportunist businessman with a taste for the finer things in life” (“Oskar Schindler”). He bought a Jewish-owned factory during World War II and the Holocaust
Schindler's List is a fictionalized account of a man named Oskar Schindler who lived in German occupied Poland and saved the lives of thousands of Jews. However most people that have read the book agree that the main character doesn’t start out being quite the hero that he ends up as. The simplistic view of his evolution is that he begins his journey as a stereotypical businessman, someone who cares only for himself and about making money, but then when he sees the horrible murders of Jews in the
Spielberg and scripted by Steven Zaillian. It is based on the novel Schindler's Ark by Australian author, Thomas Keneally. The film is based on the life of Oskar Schindler, an ethnic German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees during the Holocaust by employing them in his factories. Businessman Oskar Schindler, Liam Neeson, arrives in Krakow in 1939, ready to make his fortune from World War II, which had just started. After joining the Nazi party for
Oskar Schindler was an entrepreneur during World War II that saved the lives of hundreds of people. Hitler and the Nazis were in complete control of Germany and were torturing and killing millions of people. Meanwhile, Schindler was saving hundreds of Jews, who were the victims at the time, by employing them in his factory. This man heroically showed that even with so much horror in the world, there was still a little good. Oskar Schindler was born on April 28, 1908 in Svitavy, Moravia. He obtained
message that an author is trying to convey to an audience through a literary piece of work. Schindler's List demonstrated the theme of the best parts of human nature through the utilization of the actions, beliefs, and morality of the character Oskar Schindler. Oskar Schindler’s only regret at the end of the war was that he didn’t save more lives by saving more money. He had lost all of the money that he worked so hard to earn to save the Jews. Yet, all he could think about is how he could had done more
Schindler’s List is one of the most touching, dramatic, movie I have ever seen; it presents the indelible true story of enigmatic german businessman Oskar Schindler who becomes an unlikely saviour of more than 1100 jews. Spielberg (director) has documented evil. In fact Spielberg mad moving tribute to the victims and survivors of the Holocaust. Oskar Schindler is a remarkable person that is a war profiteer who paid money to save jewish lives during the Holocaust. Schindler’s interactions was with
Heroes can often be found in the darkest of times, and during the Holocaust, Oskar Schindler was one of those heroes. Oskar Schindler was a member of the Nazi party and an incredible businessman. He manipulated the Nazis and broke the law of no sheltering or protecting the Jewish race by hiring over a thousand Jewish people to work in his factory. He also falsified employment records proving that all of his workers were needed in the factory at all times. His employees were so grateful for his
“A thinking man, who had overcome his inner cowardice, simply had to help. There was no other choice” (“Oskar Schindler” 1). Oskar Schindler demonstrated the human spirit in his time spent saving over 1,000 Jews from the deadly Holocaust. Oskar Schindler’s effort, challenges he overcame, and legacy he left are reasons why he is considered a hero, even today. Schindler’s mindset during the Holocaust and the effort he gave to help the Jews was just one of the reasons why he is considered a hero. First
2014 Writing/Social Studies Research Paper Oskar Schindler A human, with flaws like the rest of us. An unlikely role model, a Nazi. In bad times, Schindler did great things. He remained true to his Jews who he referred to as his children (The Oscar Schindler Story). Oskar Schindler was a hero. He followed his heart, and he did the best for all people. Oskar Schindler, although he was a Nazi, saved many Jews from death and torture during the Holocaust. Oskar outsmarted Hitler and the Nazis to save
survival because of a greedy businessman who needed workers to make him money. That man was Oskar Schindler. Oskar was a drinker, a gambler, a cheater, a liar, and a money hungry egoist with a taste for the luxuries that life had to offer. And he was a Nazi, go figure. But according to Steven Spielberg, director of Schindler's List, Oskar Schindler was a decent man, not a saint, just a decent man. Oskar Schindler was born on April 28, 1908, in Svitavy (Zwittau), Moravia, it is located on the Czechoslovakian
cinematic history (R. Reimer and C. Reimer 148). This movie follows Oskar Schindler who saved the lives of Jews during World War II. Overall, Schindler’s List was a worldwide phenomenon and won seven Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director (Brockington). This film is important because it showcases the true terribleness of the Holocaust through unique aesthetics, a strong storyline and characters, and intense acting. Oskar Schindler is a German business man who hires hundreds of Jewish people
accepted amongst German citizens and Nazi officials. The fear of strict punishment at the hands of the SS squashed popular outcry over the atrocities, but it did not stop the heroic acts of a few compassionate and unassuming individuals. One such hero is Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist who spearheaded an effort to protect his Jewish factory workers from the uncertain fate of the the Jewish ghettos and concentration camps. When asked about his motives Schindler reported, "I just couldn't stand by