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Oskar Schindler was a man of business during World War II. At the beginning of the film he was very greedy and was only in the business for the money. By the end of the film, he was wishing he could’ve saved more Jews and was crying over how he didn’t think about all the other things he could’ve sold to save more. The things that caused his changes were him opening his eyes and realizing what was really happening around him. He saw the innocent killing of the Jews and even though he was Nazi, he still believed that killing them just because they were Jew’s was wrong. I believe that he didn’t like that and he tried to change it. I believe Schindler did what he did because he wanted money, but in the end he turned to a different view. He looked at it as what can I do to save more Jews. I’m not completely convinced what he cared about …show more content…
To resist their rule the Jews stole things to keep warm or have enough to eat. They also talked to the other Jews about anything. They knew that to stay alive they needed to listen to the Nazi’s and do what they say, but they used other ways to resist them. Jews also sold stuff or traded to each other. To maintain their culture and sanity the Jews often practiced religion. We saw this towards the later end of the movie where a Jewish couple got married in the barracks. In the ammunition factory at the end they were getting ready for the Sabbath Day. Although they were allowed to do that by Schindler it was still against what the majority of Nazi’s wanted. The children also were playing in a make shift playground, which was made for them by the Nazi’s, but if they were too loud, Amon Goath was more than likely sitting on his porch ready to shoot. They also thought about how they will get to see their family again. When the kids were getting loaded up in the trucks, some children who knew what was going to happen, so some hid. They hid in the latrine, stove, under barracks, and in the

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