Assigned Blog #3

Schindler's List

Let me start by saying that in my personal opinion, this movie is entirely too long. That's not to say it wasn't good, it was a really factual movie. It starts out with the main protagonist, Oskar Schindler, in a bar with some of the German leaders. Oskar Schindler is a Nazi party business owner who has more money then he knows with what to do.

When he learns about the Nazis putting them in labor camps, he wants to help. He opens a business making items that the Nazis could use, and he asked if he could use the Jews to make the supplies since they were in forced labor camps anyway. When the Nazis agreed, he got 350 Jewish people and taught them how to make pots and pans. He treated them better than the Nazis ever did, giving them food, water, and a good working environment.

When the Nazis start killing Jews, Oskar realizes he needs to try to help more people. He hires around 1,000 Jews from Auschwitz and makes sure they don't get killed. It ends with Oskar saving a lot of the Jews, but he has to flee due to the fact that he is a criminal for running a faulty business.

I really liked this movie; the one part that I thought was really disturbing was when they showed all the bodies piled up outside of the camps. It's hard to believe the numbers until you see the pictures.

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  • Good but you only had one picture and summary was a bit brief.

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