Racialism is always the cause that leads to catastrophe in history event and it has existed for a long time. One of the most brutal and horrific event is the Holocaust which happened in twentieth century. The Jews was segregated and discriminated by German, between 1938 to 1945, the death toll approximated six million Jews.
Schindler’s list, based on the true story of Oskar Schindler who managed to save about 1100 Jews from being gassed at the Auschwitz concentration camp. The true story of Czech born Oskar Schindler, He witnesses the horrifying visions of the Holocaust and the toll it takes on the Jewish people. Eventually, he creates a list of over 1100 Jews whom he saves from death.
In this movie, we can see the how German belittles Jews. All Jews must leave the countryside and concentrate in the major cities. They are crammed into the "Jewish Quarter" of town, in this case Krakow. They are relieved that the Nazis have not killed them, but life is very hard in the Ghetto. However, this is just the beginning of the disaster. Oskar Schindler, he intends on making his fortune and hire a Jewish account, Itzhak Stern. We can realize the unequal status through their interaction. Jewish people live in the fear of being killed, the German, out of the pride of their race and the prejudice against Jews, they even don’t think Jews is human being. From German’s aspect, Jews just like animals. As the war progresses, the SS becomes more frantic with the implementation of "final solution." Goeth, the emotional and mutable SS officer, begins sending increasing numbers of people to Auschwitz, and Schindler's people are again at risk. Stern reminds his boss that the List is all that stands between them and extermination. Schindler even has to rescue Stern and a trainload of his workers from the gas chambers at one point.Realizing that Poland is too dangerous, Schindler buys a munitions factory in his native Czechoslovakia and moves "his" people there. Several hundred Jews are saved by his actions, though the bribes and other expenses required to do this bankrupt Schindler, who was wealthy at the height of the war. In the end, Schindler is ruined, but the people on his List are saved.
In this black-and-white movie, a girl in red coat appears. Why the red color shows up in this movie. I think that because red is a vivid color, it symbolize the Holocaust is also an event that we can see easily. However, we do nothing to stop it, just like the redcoat girl died in this movie. Spielberg also has an explanation of it, “It was a large bloodstain, primary red color on everyone’s radar, but no one did anything about it. And that’s why I wanted to bring the color red in.”
This is a really good movie. It’s truly depicts the disaster and let us realize the history. It’s also makes us to reflect this event and how to avoid the same things happen again.
by Victor
“Schindler’s list”, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
2008年6月21日 星期六
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