Summary:
The movie, Schindler's List, is based off of a true story of Oskar Schindler, a businessman in Poland who is looking for means to make money. He starts a company of cooking supply and hires a man names Itzhak Stern to help him run his factory. He hires Jews as his worker because they are cheap labor. In 1942, all of the Jews working in Schindler's factory are assigned to the Plaszow Forced Labor Camp. At first, Schindler remains ignorant to how his employees are treated and what is going on, but eventually he realizes the horror of it. By now, his factory is no longer for cooking supplies, but is used for ammunition. He now sees that his company his the only thing that is preventing his Jewish staff from being shipped to death camps and that he is their only hope. In reaction to this, Oskar Schindler demands more Jewish workers to his factory and bribes Nazi leaders to keep them on his employment list rather than sending them to the camps. By doing this, even though he and his wife must flee so they aren't charged for being criminals in the end, Schindler manages to save over 1100 Jewish lives.
Historical Analysis:
Upsides
Schindler's List, directed by the same person who directed Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg, is an excellent movie, especially regarding its accuracy throughout the film. During that time in Poland, Jews were considered cheap labor because they could not earn their own wage. It went directly towards the Reich, just like in the movie. As the movie showed, Oskar did give up his greed and lose all his fortunes just to save the lives of as many Jews as he could, and his only regret was not saving enough.
Downsides
On the other hand, there were a few small, but mention-able factual errors within the film. Like most movies, the idea of Hollywood got the best of it, and many scenes are dramatized to make it seem more significant or to make it more entertaining so that it would make more money. There was some exaggeration in some scenes, but not enough to make its historical significance ruined.
Conclusion
Because it is, after all, a non fiction movie based off the life of a real man named Oskar Schindler, it is, for the most part, accurat, and a very good example of how the Polish Jews were treated or seen as during the time.
Schindler's List, directed by the same person who directed Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg, is an excellent movie, especially regarding its accuracy throughout the film. During that time in Poland, Jews were considered cheap labor because they could not earn their own wage. It went directly towards the Reich, just like in the movie. As the movie showed, Oskar did give up his greed and lose all his fortunes just to save the lives of as many Jews as he could, and his only regret was not saving enough.
Downsides
On the other hand, there were a few small, but mention-able factual errors within the film. Like most movies, the idea of Hollywood got the best of it, and many scenes are dramatized to make it seem more significant or to make it more entertaining so that it would make more money. There was some exaggeration in some scenes, but not enough to make its historical significance ruined.
Conclusion
Because it is, after all, a non fiction movie based off the life of a real man named Oskar Schindler, it is, for the most part, accurat, and a very good example of how the Polish Jews were treated or seen as during the time.