Study/Discussion Questions for Spielberg’s Schindler’s List My first question is Question #3 about the alternating scenes that are presented during the Krakow liquidation. The liquidation of the ghetto included so many powerful snapshots. It started with scenes of the military mapping out their strategy on March 13‚ 1943. The movie cuts to families realizing what is happening and going through measures of either hiding jewels (eating them in bread) or trying to find hiding locations such as under
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was written to acknowledge and honour the women who were once forgotten prisoners of war in World War 2. The play uses distinctively visual images and dialogue to create visual images of dehumanisation and the small idea of hope during this time. “Schindlers list” directed by Steven Spielberg also used the movie to acknowledge the names of the Jewish that had been forgotten. A range of techniques are used in both texts to help understand the visual aspect of the texts such as the plight of the protagonists
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Imagine: One day you wake up from a comfortable sleep‚ the light from your window is seeping in‚ the fresh aroma of coffee fills your nostrils. You stand up and begin to get ready for what the day has planned. As you are getting ready you hear bombs and gunshots being fired. You look out the window and see men shooting mercilessly at your family and neighbors. You grab all of your family and hide for hours‚ not knowing when you will be able to come out‚ but they still find you. They tell you to pack
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Schindler risked his life to save the Jews because he felt it was the right thing to do. He couldn’t be a bystander to the horrible acts of inhumanity being committed. At first he was doing it for himself‚ it made him feel incredible to be thought of as a kind of saint. However‚ his motives quickly changed from pleasing himself to the good of mankind. Itsak Stern ran Oscar’s business. At first the relationship was purely business‚ but throughout the movie it progressed into a more meaningful relationship
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is not utterly an accurate representation of the man. War brings the nasty side of man‚ showing their merciless sides‚ a side that would kill without remorse regret. In this movie‚ the film was notifying us the difference between good and evil. Oskar Shindler the good‚ Amon Goeth the evil. So to make Goeth into a monster‚ the film has placed Goeth so far off the scale of humanity. Through this we see him to be a very cruel and evil man who shows horror and crime to everyone. But what is good and
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History and Memory are complex representations of the past influenced by different perspectives. History is based on documented facts‚ historical research and formalised written records of past events. Memory is based on personal recollection‚ it is subjective and experiential. When considered together‚ history and memory combine to give a more complete picture of the past than is possible when considering either one independently. History and memory are complementary. History validates memory‚ while
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Bruzzi‚ Stella Contemporary Documentary: A Critical Introduction‚ Routledge 2000 Gubar‚ Susan Poetry after Auschwitz: Remembering What One Never Knew. Jewish Literature and Culture Series. Bloomington: Indiana University Press‚ 2003 Hoberman‚ Jim‚ "Schindler ’s List: Myth‚ Movie and Memory‚" Village Voice 39‚ no 1994 LaCapra‚ Dominick History and Memory After Auschwitz‚ Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press‚ 1998 Rabinowitz‚ Paula Wreckage Upon Wreckage: History‚ Documentary and the Ruins of Memory
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Oskar Schindler was a man who lived in Krakow‚ Poland throughout the period of the Holocaust and World War II. During the Holocaust‚ Oskar Schindler managed to help over one thousand Jewish people escape from a deadly persecution. Schindler accomplished something that was socially unacceptable at the time; he prevailed against a system that showed no weakness. Schindler manipulated hundreds of men and women during the Holocaust so that he may do the unthinkable‚ and saved those he should most certainly
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accomplishment but also their outstanding acts of courage. Oskar Schindler‚ a German who joined the Nazi party‚ is a name that symbolizes courage. In his lifetime‚ he saved the most Jews from unnatural deaths in World War 2. Schindler owned a concentration camp that also served as a factory. Here‚ Schindler’s workers were provided with extra food‚ clothing‚ medical attention when needed and were able to be with their families. Schindler risked his life
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Ottoman Empire gain their freedom‚ and Oskar Schindler‚ a business owner who saved hundreds of Jewish people from the horrors of concentration camps during World War II‚ helped to give a large group of people their freedom. Through the lenses of David Lean and Steven Spielberg‚ audiences become acquainted with these men. Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia‚
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