Data Bases • Custom Term Papers • Free Term Papers • Free Research Papers • Free Essays • Free Book Reports • Plagiarism? Links • Top 100 Term Paper Sites • Top 25 Essay Sites • Top 50 Essay Sites • Search 97,000 Papers @ DirectEssays.com • Search 101,000 Papers @ ExampleEssays.com • Search 90,000 Papers @ MegaEssays.com Free Essays • Term Paper Sites • Chuck III's Free Essays • Free College Essays • TermPaperSites.com • My Term Papers • Get Free Essays • Essay World • Planet Papers	Search Lots of Essays Back to Subjects - Book Reports Extensive look into shindlers list Extensive look into shindlers list In 1933 the most evil of all political parties, the National Socialist Party, came to power in Germany. Led by Defuhrer Adolf Hitler, these Nazis began to implement policies aimed at restricting the Jewish population of Germany. This is where Thomas Keneally begins the story of Oskar Schindler; a simple German businessman who would, in the end, come to symbolize hope and life to all the Jews who knew of him. Oskar Schindler, the son of Hans and Louisa Schindler, was born on April 28, 1908 in Austria. He grew up in Zwittau, a rather large and industrial city. Twenty years later he was wed to a young farmer's daughter named Emilie. It was not until the Fall of 1939 that Schindler moved to the Polish city of Cracow. When Schindler came to Poland he had hoped to set up a business there. His desires led him to seek the advice of an enslaved Jewish accountant named Itzhak Stern. Though Stern is suspicious of Schindler, he sees that perhaps Oskar could serve as a buffer against the other Nazi soldiers. Soon after this encounter Schindler opens his factory, Emalia. In this shop mess kits were created for the German army. Oskar uses Jews to get free labor, but in turn provides them with protection and security. Through the years he manages to keep this good treatment secret, despite two arrests for being over-friendly with his Jews. Throughout all of this the restrictions on Poland's Jews became more and more harsh. They were herded into the confining walls of the Warsaw ghetto. From here they are moved into the even smaller work camp of Pxazow. Here the murderous Nazi, Amon Goeth, is in charge. The Jewish prisoners live in terror, never knowing if they will fall victim to Goeth's bloodthirsty bullet. Near the end of World War II the Nazis began to ship the Jews to death camps at Auschwitz and Auschwitz II. Schindler sees their despair and decides to take a chance and try to save his workers. With the help of Itzhak Stern, he draws up his infamous list, containing the names of thousands of Jews. He takes these people each paid for out of Schindler's pocket, and transfers them and his factory to the Austrian town of Brimlitz. It is here they all remain, safe from harm, until the war's end; when the Jews are liberated by Soviets. Oskar runs away to escape prosecution for his involvement in the Nazi party. He and his wife are found and protected by American soldiers. Though he was considered a hero by Jews, he was persecuted in his home of Germany. Years later he passed away, poor and alone in a Frankfurt hospital. He was laid to rest in Jerusalem and a tree was planted in his honor. There is an ancient Hebrew saying which states "He who saves the life of one man saves the world entire." These words are truly befitting to Oskar Schindler and his actions during the Holocaust. For by saving the lives of his few Schindlerjuden he allowed new generations of these families to come into existence and leave their own mark upon the world. Now thanks to Thomas Keneally the story of one of the greatest heroes of the Holocaust, and perhaps of all time, will forever be preserved and remembered by the entire war. Bibliography: BIBLIOGRAPHY Keneally, Thomas. Schindler's List. Simon & Schuster, 1994. TIME 1930's and 1940's SETTING Germany THEME German war profiteer and prison camp Direktor Oskar Schindler saved more Jews from the gas chamber than any other single person during World War II. Word Count: 561
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