Flim Lesson: Schindler's List

Schindler's List is based on the true story of a Nazi soldier who saved more than a thousand Jews. During the film, Schindler witnesses the harsh treatments of the Jews and begins to hire them as factory workers. He does this so that would not have to face terrible death in the gas chambers. Schindler also allowed children to work in his factory which was unusual.

The movie illustrated the Holocaust very well because it showed two different points of views. It showed how the Nazis thought of Jews as savages that deserved to be killed, and the fear the Jews had while they were living in the concentration camps. In many parts of the films the Nazis kill countless of Jewish people for no reason at all. Schindler and his wife stood on top of a hill which overlooked the ghettos and watched as the brutal attacks below.

The scenes that were very powerful and violent to me were when the Nazis came back to the ghettos during the night to see who was hiding. They crept silently throughout the house and began to shoot everyone who was hiding. The worst part was when the shot the little boy various of times. When the woman's train were accidentally led to Auschwitz, the Nazis shaved their hair and began to separate the children from their mothers. Schindler who was present and was trying to lead all the women back on the train to his factory, he threatened the Nazi who was taking the children away. He informed the soldier that the children were essential workers.

Schindler protected his workers in every way possible. He saw the evil that were taking place in the concentration camps and the images of the dead bodies being burned to hide the evidence. Schindler informed his workers that Germany had lost the war and that they were all free to go. He admitted that he was a criminal as well and he left his factory. The end of the movie showed his grave where the Jewish people were showing him they're respect. He was a great man and a hero.