Schindler’s List is a movie based on a real life event that took place during World War Two; the film was directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Liam Neeson. Oskar Schindler is a member of the Nazi party. But he is different from his Nazi brethren; he decided to turn his munitions factory into a Jew sanctuary. Schindler risked everything in order to save the lives of over one thousand Jews from the Nazi death camps. He began a greedy man who wanted to do nothing but make money off of the war, but he later found compassion and made “Schindler’s List” which lists all of the Jews that Schindler requested to work in his factory. But he did not work them; instead he gave them refuge from the genocide and spent every penny he had on trying to keep them alive.

To me power means having control and command. If you have control than you have the power to do whatever you want. Goethe believes that to have power you must be able to take life. Schindler believes that to have power you must have money, he gets what he wants by spending his money. Goethe killed people with his power; Schindler used his wealth and power to save lives.

Schindler was a wealthy businessman before the war and was looking to only increase his wealth. But after witnessing the affect he had on one Jewish man’s life he had a change of heart and decided to give other Jews life saving jobs.

This film showed visually how bad the war really was. The image of Auschwitz is still in my mind. This film effectively showed the brutality of the war, and the large affect Schindler had on trying to save as many people as he could.