In the movie Schindler's list directed by Steven Spielberg, we are shown the story of a brave man who risks his life to save thousands of Jews during WWII. Oskar Schindler is a German businessman who moves to Nazi-occupied Poland during WWII to open a factory that will employ Jews at starvation wages. By the end of the war, he has risked his life and spent his fortune to save thousands of Jews. Oskar Schindler is a model of the hope and never-ending spirit that overcame the Holocaust and that still remains, and the constant reminder that one person can make a difference.Schindler's List is a magnificent film that clearly represents the time of the Holocaust. Beginning with the reason the film is in black and white, the viewer is given more of the effect of the era. The symbolism behind the film being in black and white is so that it gives strength and effect to the historic situations, giving the viewer a powerful sense of history and of the era that so much changes it. In this film it is shown how arrogant and indifferent many people are during the Holocaust. The majority of the people during WWII give the cold shoulder to reality and choose to go on with their lives unaffected by what is going on around them. Though these feelings are prevalent throughout the Holocaust, the Jews never loose their spirit nor their hope to live.The most powerful symbolism of the Jews' endless spirit and hope is represented by a little girl in a red coat. Oskar Schindler from the top of a cliff sees this young child walking through the streets, barely missing flying bullets. His is deeply moved at the sight of this innocent child walking among the massacres. This young girl's red coat symbolizes the flame of the Jews' spirit, how even among the gruesome conditions remains. She also represents the innocence of the children during the Holocaust, and how ultimately it is robbed from them as well. At the precise moment that Oskar Schindler notices the yo...
