Schindler’s List Extra Credit Lexi Goldberg 10/28/14 Schindler’s List starts with this scene of lighting candles for Shabbat. Then there is a prayer said over with candles. The scene is quick and closes out into a scene on a train where there is a sole family that is registering as being Jewish. This one table transforms into a huge group of people, all of which are registering. It was very powerful. Then in a hotel room, it shows Schindler and some of the items he begins to place the items on himself including a Nazi pin and then walks into what presumably is a nightclub. By the end of the night, he has treated a whole group of Nazis to drinks and some food. After that, the movie transitions to Schindler going to a place called a Judenrat. He indicates that he needs some …show more content…
His accountant, Stern refuses Schindler’s request, but Schindler is not taking no for an answer and meets with a guy named Poldek Pfefferburg and tells him he needs very nice items for the next few months. After this, the movie shows that the date is 03/20/1941 and Schindler goes in this nice new apartment. Finally, the Jewish investors with Stern, who Schindler had previously approached, accept Schindler’s request. The only thing is that they will receive items instead of money for the work they will do. Once the factory is set up and ready to go, Jews are hired and they are known as essential, which is huge because this allows them to avoid being sent away to the concentration camps that many Jewish people were forced to go to at the time. Stern (the accountant) realizes that this effort can save the Jewish people and starts hiring more and more Jews. Schindler does not know about this at first. After he figures it out, Stern is nearly sent to a camp and Schindler