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Schindler’s List. “Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire” -The Talmud. Plot Summary. Oskar Schindler Over 1,100 saved. Cinematography/ Screenplay. Director: Steven Spielberg (1993) Author of book: Thomas Keneally (1982) Screenplay: Steven Zaillian Film- Black and White
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Schindler’s List “Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire” -The Talmud
Plot Summary • Oskar Schindler • Over 1,100 saved
Cinematography/ Screenplay Director: Steven Spielberg (1993) Author of book: Thomas Keneally (1982) Screenplay: Steven Zaillian Film- Black and White Little Girl with Red Coat:
Page one of Schindler’s List
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
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
Main Camp Main Camp
Discussion • Nationalism- Parties with German leaders. • Racism- Schindler arrested for kissing Jewish girl.
“I don’t know what his motives were…But I don’t give a damn. What’s important is that he saved our lives.” -Holocaust Survivor Isurvived.org