Schindler’s List

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Schindlers List
Whoever saves one life, saves the world
entire -The Talmud
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Plot Summary

• Oskar Schindler
• Over 1,100 saved

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Cinematography/ Screenplay
Director Steven Spielberg (1993) Author of
book Thomas Keneally (1982) Screenplay Steven
Zaillian Film- Black and White Little Girl with
Red Coat
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Page one of Schindlers List
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History of the film

• Auschwitz- The best known of all Nazi death camps
  during the holocaust.
• Work camps and death camp (Birkenau)
• Estimated 2.1-2.5 million killed in gas chambers
  at Auschwitz
• Divided into three camps Auschwitz I- Main Camp,
  Auschwitz II (Birkenau)- Death Camp, and
  Monowitz- Labor camp

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Oskar Schindler

• Greedy German business man.
• Was an unlikely hero by turning his pots and pans
  business into a Jewish refuge.
• Saved an estimated 1100 Jewish prisoners

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Main Camp
Main Camp
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Discussion

• Nationalism- Parties with German leaders.
• Racism- Schindler arrested for kissing Jewish
  girl.

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I dont know what his motives wereBut I dont
give a damn. Whats important is that he saved
our lives. -Holocaust Survivor
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