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Schindler's List: A summary and Opinion Piece

Schindler’s List
A Report By: Sunlilly

In the beginning of the movie I thought that Oskar Schindler was a “bad guy” because he was a member of the Nazi party. After awhile though it becomes apparent that he isn’t. The movie begins with September of 1939 when German forces defeated the Polish army. Jews are coming from everywhere leaving their homes to relocate in major cities and register their families as ordered. As things progressively get worse the Jews are forced from heir homes into ghettos where many people share one room. The people who are not Jewish throw mud at them and act hatefully toward them as they watch them leave.
Schindler appears to be looking for people to start up a new business of making enamelware cookery. He gets money to start up the business from Jews. The money has little value for them in the ghetto where there is nothing to buy. Schindler hires Jews for his company because they cost less then Polish workers. His wife comes hom...

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