Schindler's List

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Schindler’s List is a movie based on the book Schindler’s Ark written by Thomas Keneally and published in 1983. The book is based on the first hand experiences of the Schindlerjuden, Schindler’s Jews, approximately 1,100 Jews that were saved during the Holocaust by Oskar Schindler. Schindler’s List was released in 1993 and directed by Steven Spielberg. Spielberg read the book while filming the movie ET. He was born in Ohio and raised in Arizona by Jewish parents. Growing up, he was the only Jew in his class. The book inspired Spielberg to adapt it to film. After he read Schindler’s List, he realized that he had lost his traditional Jewish values. He learned a lot about the Jewish traditions while doing research for the film. He wanted to educate people on the subject of the Holocaust and he knew the best way to do that was to tell the story through personal accounts. He wanted the movie to be used so that people did believe that this travesty happened and to try to make sure that something like that never happened again. He never expected the movie to have the impact that it did on the world. The film won many awards including Best Director, Art Direction, Cinematography, Editing, Music, Picture, Writing, Motion Picture and Screenplay all from the Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards. Schindler’s List is based on Oskar Schindler and how he helps saves the lives of 1,100 Jews that worked for him during the time of the Holocaust. Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party had power in Germany, wanted to free the world of impure people, and only accepted the pure Aryan race. Among those people were the Jews, homosexuals, handicapped and Gypsies. Jews were based on bloodlines and not traditions or practices. Territories that Germany controlled imposed laws on what Jews could and could not do. They could not own businesses, they had to wear bands on their arms with the Star of

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