Schlinder's List

Schlinder's List

Schindlers List

During periods of war the lives of millions of people are changed.   Sometimes the change may be for the better, but at other times it may be for the worse.   Oscar Schindler is an example of a man who changed for the better during the period of World War II.   Before the war Schindler was a very selfish man who was most part interested in his own pleasures.   By the end of the war, Schindler recognized the suffering of the Jewish people, and made huge efforts to help them.   The changes in his attitudes did not happen suddenly, but were dramatic.   Originally his primary concern was in his own wealth.   At the end of this story, Oscar Schindler had used all of his money in saving hundred of people’s lives.   In fact, he felt remorse that he could have done more.  
Oscar Schindler came into this war period with one thing on his mind.   He to make money.   Schindler started by asking Stern, a Jewish accountant, to convince other Jewish people to invest their money in Schindler’s business. With the money he collected Schindler was able to buy necessary products off the Jewish black market.   Schindler was later assigned Jewish workers to make essential items for the war, such as pots and pans.   Since Schindler did not have to pay regular salaries, he made “more money then one man could ever spend” (Schindler).   With all this new wealth he made very high ranking Nazi friends who made life even easier for him.   He was extremely pleased with his success, dressing and living very expensively. Schindler became very upset when a lady approached and asked if Schindler would he employ her mother and father to work in his factory.   Word on the street was that it was a Jewish sanctuary. Schindler was worried about his own safety if he were found to be a “Jew-Lover.”   Schindler behavior was changed by a little girl dressed in red.   Schindler had seen her before at the liquidation of the ghettos.   Later, Schindler sees her again, dead in her reed coat, lying in a cart...