Schindler’s list

1. Schindler’s list

SCHINDLER’S LIST
Steven Spielberg, 1993

2. The real Oskar schindler

THE REAL OSKAR SCHINDLER

3. His life

HIS LIFE
• Oskar Schindler was an ethnic German born in what is now the Czech
Republic, in 1908.
• A businessman, he saw the opportunities in profiting from the German
invasion of Poland and bought an enamelware factory in Krakow.
• He was a member of the Nazi party and mingled with the SS elite in the city.
• He employed a large number of Jewish workers in his factory, mainly due to
the lower costs of employing Jews after the German invasion.
• After witnessing a raid during the liquidation of the Krakow ghetto, Oskar
Schindler was shocked to find many of his employees murdered and created
his legendary list of 'Schindlerjuden' (Schindler's Jews) to be spared from
deportation to work in his factory.

4. Find the parallels with the film

FIND THE PARALLELS WITH THE FILM
It was made possible thanks to his German-speaking Jewish accountant Itzhak
Stern and Schindler's close relationships with high-ranking SS officers in Krakow.
As the Holocaust continued Schindler used his lists to protect the over 1,200
workers and their families on his list.
He would go out of his way to convince SS inspectors that women, children and
even the disabled were essential workers in his factory to spare them from being
sent to the camps.
Having spent his fortune on bribes and black-market wares to for his workers, a
destitute Schindler and his wife fled to Austria after the war.
He died, penniless, in Germany in 1974 at the age of 66, and was buried in
Jerusalem. His grave carries the Hebrew inscription 'Righteous among the
Nations'.

5. The girl in the red coat

THE GIRL IN THE RED COAT
• The only flash of colour in the otherwise black-and-white film.
• What does she symbolize? How does she influence the plot?

6. Examine the similarities and differences between Oskar Schindler and Amon Goeth

EXAMINE THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN OSKAR SCHINDLER AND AMON
GOETH

7. Why does Spielberg include the subplot about Schindler's romantic life?

WHY DOES SPIELBERG INCLUDE THE SUBPLOT
ABOUT SCHINDLER'S ROMANTIC LIFE?

8. Examine the relationship between Oskar Schindler and Itzhak Stern

EXAMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OSKAR
SCHINDLER AND ITZHAK STERN

9. Describe the cooperation between German businesses and Nazis

DESCRIBE THE COOPERATION BETWEEN
GERMAN BUSINESSES AND NAZIS
The historic examples are:
Hugo Boss
Siemens
ThyssenKrupp
Bosch
Volkswagen
Pharmaceutical behemoths BASF, Bayer and Hoechst
Chemical manufacturer IG Farben
Deutsche Bank
Daimler-Benz

10. Quiz!

QUIZ!
• 1. How does the film open?
• A little girl singing
• A Jewish couple on a train
• Hands lighting a candle
• Oskar Schindler smoking a cigar

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• 2. Where does the film predominantly take place?
• France
• Hungary
• Poland
• Germany

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• 3. In the beginning of the film, what is Schindler's goal
at the nightclub?
• To take photos for his collection
• To seduce multiple dancers
• To get officers drunk and learn of top secret missions
• To ingratiate himself with Nazi officials

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• 4. What type of factory does Schindler initially open?
• Enamelware
• Furniture
• Munitions
• Garment

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• 5. What does the little girl yell at the Jews as they pass by to
enter the ghetto?
• Go to Hell!
• Goodbye Jews!
• Death to Jews!
• Jews smell!

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• 6. Who invests in Schindler's company?
• Itzhak Stern alone
• Nazi officials
• Jewish businessmen
• German businessmen

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• 7. How did one acquire employment in Schindler's factory?
• Weight of 180 and over
• Work card saying he/she is an essential worker
• Age 35 and under
• Friendship with the Schindler family

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• 8. Who arrives in Krakow while Schindler is with a mistress?
• Schindler's German mistress
• Schindler's mother
• Schindler's sister
• Schindler's wife

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• 9. Why does Emilie Schindler leave Krakow?
• Schindler sends her away
• Schindler is too focused on his work
• Schindler cannot promise monogamy
• Schindler tell her he is in love with another woman

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• 10. Who is the first person we see killed in the film?
• An unnamed old woman with a basket
• The little girl in the red coat
• Itzhak Stern's mother
• The one-armed man

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• 11. How does Schindler rescue Stern from the train to
Auschwitz?
• Storms the train with several attack dogs
• Tells the two young officials that he will send them to southern
Russia
• Personally begs the conductor to stop the train
• Bribes an officer

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• 12. Why is Stern put on the train to Auschwitz?
• He forgot his work card at home
• He wears glasses and those with poor eyesight were sent away
• A Nazi official hates him
• Accounting was deemed not essential

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• 13. What happens to the baggage left by the Jewish people
headed to Auschwitz?
• It is emptied in a Nazi warehouse
• It is sent as gifts to foreign officials
• It is blown up
• It is sent to Auschwitz

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• 14. Before what event does Goeth speak to his men about the
historical importance of their actions?
• The health inspection
• Liquidation of the ghetto
• His execution
• The surrender of Germany

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• 15. How do the Dresners hide their portable valuables prior to
the liquidation of the ghetto?
• Stuff them in bread morsels and eat them
• Put them in a lock box under the floorboards
• Hold them under their tongue
• Stuff them in their pockets

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• 16. For whom does the pharmacist prepare vials of poison?
• The Nazis
• The patients of the hospital
• The children
• His family