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Even though Hollywood isn’t known for producing historically accurate movies, Schindler’s List can be considered as a somewhat accurate representation of the Holocaust. There was an actual Oskar Schindler, and a real Amon Göth, and a factory by the name of Deutsche Emailwaren Fabrik, and a camp by the name of Paszów. Living conditions of the camps were portrayed very well, as was the time line of the movie. However, some parts of the movie were made up or inaccurate. For example, the movie shows that Schindler is broke at the end of the war, but he actually had piles of money when he went into hiding. It is also unknown whether Schindler watched the destruction of the Krakow ghetto from the hill where he is shown horseback riding, and it is

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