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Schindler’s List
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In the autumn of 1943 Oskar Schindler lives in Krakow. His wife, Emilie, lives in his home tows of Zwittau in Moravia. He’s on his way to a party with commandant Amon Goeth who is in charge of the forced labour camp at Plaszow. In this camp there are 20.000 Jews, Poles and Gypsies. For some Germans at the party Schindler has brought gifts because he may need their support later on. On his way out he talks to the Jewish kitchen maid. She’s treated badly and gives him money so that he can do something for her sister if she’s put on a transport. After the German occupation of Sudetenland he quickly becomes disillusioned with National Socialism. He is offered a job in Admiral Canaris’ Abwehr Intelligence and is asked to gather information in Poland. In October 1939 he tries to set up a business in Krakow. Itzhak Stern, a Jewish bookkeeper, informs him about Rekord, an enamel factory. Schindler wants to get the factory running by Jews. Schindler warns Stern against a raid on the Jewish ghetto. Synagogues are destroyed and on the eve of the Sabbath many of the worshippers are killed. By the end of 1940 Schindler’s factory is employing 250 men, 150 of them are Jews. For Jews it is essential to have jobs that demand skilled labour in order to escape transportation to concentration camps. The SS often details Jewish workers to shovel snow, which harms production, but Schindler can do nothing about it. Many Jews apply for a job at Schindler’s factory. On March 3rd, 1940 an edict is issued that the Jews of Krakow have to move into the ghetto. On Schindler’s birthday he receives kisses from Jewish girls. He is arrested and fortunately he is released after five days thanks to his contacts. When some of his workers are missing Schindler finds out that they have been put on transport to a place with a new crematorium.
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