Schindler’s List Viewing Guide
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Schindler’s List
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Other(Nazis((names,(descriptions,(and(notes)(
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1.(Who(is(Schindler(partying(with(at(the(beginning(of(the(film?(
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2.(What(are(Emilie(Schindler’s(conditions(for(staying(with(Oskar?(
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3.(Why(does(Schindler(get(angry(when(the(woman(comes(to(his(factory(and(refers(to(it(as(a(
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4.(What(is(the(point(of(the(little(girl(in(red?(
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5.(Why(are(the(women(pricking(their(fingers(and(slapping(themselves(before(selection?(
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6.(What(important(point(was(Schindler(trying(to(make(when(he(talked(to(Amon(Goeth(about(
power(and(told(him(that(refraining(from(imposing(punishment(showed(greater(power(than(
imposing(it?(
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7.(What(does(Goeth(have(to(do(with(all(of(the(bodies(of(Jews(that(were(killed(during(the(
liquidation(of(the(ghettos(and(during(time(in(the(work(camp?(
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8.(In(the(film,(the(Nazi(kommandant(Goeth(describes(Jewish(people(as("vermin"(and(as(
"rats."(In(this(depiction(of(the(Jews,(Goeth(is(following(the(tenets(of(Nazi(propaganda(which(
were(ceaselessly(pounded(into(the(minds(of(people(in(Nazi(Germany(and(in(the(occupied(
territories.(Why(did(the(Nazis(depict(the(Jews(as("vermin"(and(as("rats?"(What(purpose(did(it(
serve(them?(
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9.(Was(Schindler(trying(to(be(cruel(when(he(sprayed(the(cattle(cars(with(the(fire(hose?(
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10.(Why(was(Schindler(sent(to(jail?(
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11.(Where(were(the(women(sent(who(were(supposed(to(be(sent(to(Schindler’s(new(factory(
in(Czechoslovakia?(What(would(likely(have(happened(to(them(if(they(stayed(there?(
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12.(Describe(the(changes(in(Schindler’s(attitude(towards(the(Krakow(Jews(throughout(the(
film.((
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13.(How(does(Stern(overall(influence(Schindler?(
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14.(Why(do(you(think(Spielberg(chose(to(shoot(the(film(in(black(and(white?(
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15.(Throughout(the(film,(there(are(repeated(instances(of(lists(of(names,(not(only(as(names(on(
Schindler’s(list.(At(one(point(while(in(the(work(camp(outside(of(Krakow,(Spielberg(creates(
contrast(by(showing(the(numbers(sewn(to(people(jackets(even(as(people(say(their(names.(
Remember(that(we(have(been(returning(to(the(theme(of(memory(when(studying(the(
Holocaust.(How(does(the(repeated(listing(of(names(relate(to(the(theme(of(memory?(Explain.(((
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16.(Using(the(character(chart(at(the(beginning(of(this(viewing(guide,(compare(and(contrast(
Amon(Goeth(and(Oskar(Schindler.(
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17.(At(the(end(of(the(film,(Itzhak(Stern(gives(Schindler(a(gold(ring(that(says(a(verse(from(the(
Talmud:(“Whoever(saves(one(life(saves(the(world(entire.”(What(do(you(think(the(significance(
of(this(verse(is?(Consider(Schindler’s(reaction((“This(pin!(It(could(have(bought(2(more!”).(
Why(do(you(think(Schindler’s(Jews(chose(this(verse(to(put(on(the(ring?(Knowing(what(you(
know(now(about(the(Holocaust(from(both(Night%and(Schindler’s%List,(explain(the(significance(
of(this(quote,(and(Schindler’s(actions.((