Hiwatig, Angel Joy M.

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At the beginning of the movie, in 1943, Schindler, a Czech factory owner, is traveling to
a meal with Amon Goeth, the Nazi war criminal who oversaw the Paszow concentration
camp in Krakow, Poland. In 1939, Schindler relocates to Krakow and meets Itzhak Stern,
a Jewish accountant with connections that are beneficial to Schindler. Jews must register
with the Nazis as the end of the year draws near, and the Holocaust`s tragedies start to
happen more often. At Stern`s encouragement, Schindler buys a factory and employs
several Jews as slave labor. By the end of the year, Schindler is frequently bribing Nazi
officers for their assistance and safety. Despite threats made in the media and on public
signs, Schindler assures his employees that they are secure with him.The Nazis Schindler
bribed get him released when he is detained, purportedly because of an error in his
financial records. At a party hosted by his employees, he is once more detained, but once
more the Nazis he has agreements with arrange for his release.
Schindler is able to save Abraham Bankier from the cattle cars that are being sent to the
death camps after Bankier, the office manager, goes missing. He travels to Hungary and
warns the Jewish authorities there of the reality of the concentration camps. Goeth is
appointed to lead the labor camp in Paszow. As part of his agreement, Schindler agrees to
hire 1100 Jews from Paszow as workers in his plant. They are given better care there, and
those who are brought from the camp to Schindler`s factory, Emalia, are dubbed
"Schindler`s Jews" because of their treatment there. All the Jews who died at Paszow are
excavated and burned after it becomes clear in 1944 that the Germans are about to lose
the war. When he persuades Goeth to sell him the employees he has been utilizing at
Emalia, Schindler`s list is born.A total of 1100 Jews, including roughly 300 women, are
saved thanks to the "list." While the women on the list—among them Helen Hirsch and
her sister—are mistakenly transported to Auschwitz, the males on the list arrive in
Brunnlitz. The only time a train departed a concentration camp during the Holocaust
carrying live people was when Schindler was able to pay officials for their release.
To keep "Schindler`s Jews" alive during the war, Schindler keeps paying off the
powerful. When the war is over, he urges his German security guards to peacefully return
to their families and distributes whatever supplies are left to his employees.

I initially find the movie confusing because it is primarily in black and white, with a few
sequences in color. The film's color shifts from full color to black and white at the
beginning, save for one candle, I believe to emphasize the inhumanity of the Nazi
Germans and the helplessness of the Jewish people during the Holocaust of World War
II. The hue of the candles both at the beginning and at the end of the movie represent the
loss and redemption of hope for the Jews, and the transition to black and white gives the
movie a more realistic sense by evoking World War II film. The little lost girl wearing a
red coat with spot lighting is the only color in the entire scene. The young woman is
unsure on what to do and where to go. When Schindler sees this girl, he starts to
experience the same emotions; he is perplexed as to how the Germans can be so cruel to
the Jews and he starts to consider what he can do to assist. As the young girl pushes back
against the crowd, Schindler follows suit in an effort to aid the Jews in regaining their
freedom from the German attacks. She is still naive for someone her age, therefore I feel
awful for her. The story's central theme, I believe, is Oskar's growth as a person. By the
story's conclusion, we can see how Oskar has altered his perspective on life's issues.

Schindler's initial view gave me the notion that money was the only real motivation for
the conflict. He initially strikes me as a rapacious slave-laborer exploiter. Additionally,
he belonged to the Nazi party, therefore there is no justification for thinking favorably of
him. Schindler probably had no intention of saving lives. I believe that his transformation
into a better person, or rather, a person with different thinking, went hand in hand with a
knowledge of the value of each and every aspect of life. Because of the way he regards
the others, he comes across to me as a really straightforward man. He is the type of
person who cannot think of even one other individual. And his relationship with Helen, a
young Jewish lady who works as a maid for him, demonstrates this. She is beautiful, and
that is what draws him to her. The fact that she is Jewish, however, disgusts him, and
Goeth will find it simple to get rid of her. On the other hand, every single life mattered to
Schindler. In my perspective, Schindler feels guilty due to the stupidity of those who
share his opinions. The embarrassment of being a German and being perceived by Jews
as a nasty, cynical people is another factor. In their view, he wants to be different. Even if
he never said it aloud, it is apparent from the things he does. His strategy has been
effective thus far. Schindler is convinced that if he gave more away, he could save even
more lives. Because he truly appreciates the value of a life, I shared his pain at that same
time. However, he was unaware of the excellent work he had truly accomplished.

I've watched the movie, and I'm happy with it overall. Despite the fact that he was unable
to save all of those people, the fact that he attempted is what counts. Thinking about "at
leasts" is preferable to thinking of "what ifs."