Film Lesson: Schindler's List

"Schindler's List" showed the holocaust in a negative way. It showed the slaughter of Jews in the Krakow ghetto and all the death in them. There is one person who did something to save the Jews. He was named Schindler and he was a Nazi, which is weird since Nazis don't usually try and save the Jewish people in the Holocaust. A reason he could have done this is because he saw the Jews being killed in Krakow. This was done so a new concentration camp called Plaszow could be made. Schindler tries and sets up a factory by collaborating with the Jewish businesses. The Jews could work in the factory and they would not be sent off to concentration camps because Schindler bribed the Nazis. The Jews were cheap labor and they helped produce products cheaply. In the concentration camps, dead bodies were burnt in ovens and their ashes would rain down on the camp. People were often worked or tortured to death.

I think that the killings in Krakow was the most powerful scene for me because many people were killed and there was dead bodies everywhere. The Jews couldn't do much about it and the Nazis wouldn't listen to them. I remember I watched "Schindler's List" back in 8th grade and I still remember the children hiding everywhere and when they sprayed the trains with a hose. I guess those scenes will stay with me because I could actually remember them.