Oskar Schindler: War Profiteer, Traitor… and Europe’s Greatest Humanitarian
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Some of these videos actually kinda lead me to tears. I always. Schindler's List was about a bad guy and that's only because I never watched it. It's going to be something that I'm going to be watching like real soon like in the next few minutes because I'm going to order on CZcams. It's videos like these that leave me to love y'alls content because things like this people should know it should be common knowledge. Thank you again. And thank you for reading.
When I was in highschool, a Holocaust survivor came to speak. She talked about how she was on a train car full of women, that was sent to Auswitch by mistake. She told how somehow their employer got them out, and they were the first to ever get out of Auswitch alive.
Many years later, when I was watching Schindler's List, it was a shock to realize I'd met one of his workers.
@DR Evil And how many were sent back full with healthy jew people?
Malfehzan exactly
But I thought men women and went to the gas chambers together
Wow!
@@Malfehzan None... normal it a one way ticket.... without employer's power.. which cost money...if not they would be death and he don't had to spend any...
During their escape attempt, the Schindlers were intercepted by some French troops. Oskar produced the letter the workers had written and signed, and when a multi-linguist amongst the group read it, he burst into tears. He then translated it to his commander, who was so touched that he had them released.
Thank you for sharing
I wanna read more on this. Please share a source.
That's an amazing story. Thanks for sharing.
Wait, France had troops in 1945?
@@prateekyadav7679 The book that the film was based on, "Schindler's Ark". Sadly, that's all I have.
Peoples true colors are shown when they are in a position of power.
It's the first time I see this quote in a context opposite from "Power corrupts"
Very true....
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
Abraham Lincoln
Exactly, power doesn't corrupt, it just shows you what they wanted to do all along but lacked the ability to do so.
@@rizieqbejat4363 Lincoln has so many great quotes.
Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely
Bonus Fact:
Amon Goeth's daughter grew up not knowing how evil her father was. She learned it in detail from the movie.
Also Amon's descendant turned out to be Black.
My great grandfather was part of the SS Leibstandarte. My Grandfather took my Dad to the cinema to watch Schindler's List when it came out, he couldn't sit through it, he left the cinema crying, not being able to bear seeing what his (estranged) father was part of.
@@cavyq It's a hard movie to watch and I have no ties to any of the people. To think humans could do what they did and that other humans had to endure what the Jews had to endure. I can't imagine what it would be like if I had ties.
@@cavyq The Leibstandarte was actually one of the divisions that weren´t used that heavily in the Holocaust. They were thought of as an elite unit, so they were used on the front lines extensively, and suffered a devastating amount of casualties. As far as SS membership goes, serving in the Leibstandarte is about the most honorable way possible. Still not good, but definitely not as bad as the guards in concentration camps, who were either foreign nationals (Ukraianians and Poles mostly) or came mainly from the Totenkopf division.
@@jirkazalabak1514 True, he wasn't in direct contact with concentration camps, which my family later confirmed. He still lived a (too) long life as a nazi (under French occupation). He never changed. Wouldn't call anything he did "honorable" as he knew exactly what he was fighting for and made efforts to do as much as he could...
He's proof that even with flaws, we are capable of having deep humanity within us.
Everyone has a dark side
@@RNFLACKOratshobo Not the point I was making.
taliesin halliday nah, everyone is capable of doing the right thing, it all comes down to if the CHOOSE to do it.
And absolute Atrocities. The line is very thin.
And sadly, today, governments will make a complete background check as well as a full psychology exam on CEO's, government officials, military officers and enlisted as well as educators before they give them a contract, because they can't risk another Schindler from happening again.
“I hated the brutality, the sadism, and the insanity of Nazism. I just couldn’t stand by and see people destroyed. I did what I could, what I had to do, what my conscience told me I must do. That’s all there is to it. Really, nothing more” Oskar Schindler
Oskar the goat 🗿
You either die a villian, or you live long enough to see yourself become the hero.
.... famous quote by Scorpion?🤔
@@d.i.g.i.t.a.l.9268 by Noam Clownsky
@@thefool1086 u misspelled Noob Saibot...
@@d.i.g.i.t.a.l.9268 when did noob saibot get good?
He thinks the light is his ally.
one compelling scene was when Oskar had fire hoses pulled out to relieve the parched souls in the rail cars. the SS thought it a sadistic stunt, while it was actually an act of humanity.
Hujar : where's the fire?
And when his friend was arrested he assured two officers they would be in southern Russia by the end of the month.
@@rogerduncan2603 that's from the movie. I haven't read the book yet so idk the detail, but it could be plausible that scene really did happen
also the scene where he pours water into the trucks with the hose.
I noticed it too
•There will be generations because of you.
•I didn’t do enough.
•You did so much.
ThIs pin! This pin could have saved one child! (cries)
9000 and counting...he may not have saved them all, but he saved all he could and for that he is assured a place in the hearts and minds of all the generations to come.
Houdini that’s a dickish comment.
That scene gets me chocked every time.
Man, gives chills to remember...just imagining a family tree and how it increasingly blows up with each succeeding generation
"Stern, if this factory ever produces a shell that can actually be fired, I'll be very unhappy."
Great line...great scene...great movie.
The movie is filled to the brim w/such lines & moments. Two really stand out for me. One was Isaak Stern, played brilliantly by Ben Kingsley, coming into "Herr Direkter Schindler"'s office, stammering out "do you have any money? Anything I don't know about?" To which Schindler - another star turn by Liam Neeson, murmurs "am I broke?"
The other - which still never fails to get me bawling - is when Stern gives Schindler the gold ring made from Mr. Jareth's gold bridgework. And Schindler loses it. "I could've done more. I could've... I spent so much money. I wasted so much money! This badge...why did I keep it? It's solid gold! Goth would've given me RM 10,000 for it easily. A thousand lives! At least RM 5,000 easily! 500 lives for sure! I could've done more, Isaak, I could've done more!"
@@scotcarr3390 His guilt and desperation when he laments not giving more just breaks my heart. That line sticks with me.
I don't think that the line is realistic. I can understand manufacturing shells with defective detonators in the projectile and perhaps not being caught out. But manufacturing items that would not fit the gun or not launch the projectile is going to end in hanging rather quickly I'd say. Plenty of shells built for the Nazis under slave labour conditions did not explode on arrival but generally they would all fire.
@@F_Tim1961 Honestly, given the logistical situation of the Germans, even in 1941, I think that in 1945, they had no idea what was happening. They were just happy that any shells arrived at all. The shells were supplied by smaller private ventures all over the Reich, many powered by slave labor. This resulted in low quality and efficiency. It was a horrible, extremely messy system. The chances that Schindler´s shells would be traced back to him were pretty slim IMO.
Oskar Schindler's is a story that no matter how many times I hear it, I can't help but feel moved by it. It's a profoundly transformative story of rediscovering humanity.
Interesting to know "the complete" story about Schindler.
Easily the most powerful video you have done, Simon. As a Shindlerjuden decendant, my family thanks you for acknowledging Oscar Schindler. I would not be alive were it not for him.
Thank you for existing
Thank you for sharing this. It is on my top 5 bucket list to visit his grave someday. This movie and his story touches my soul to it's core. I'm glad your family survived. Much respect.
God bless you and yours. Happy Hanukkah.
It's a truly amazing thing how one man's decision can literally cause descendants to be born. If Truman hadn't decided to drop A-bombs on Japan, I seriously doubt I'd be alive today.
@Roy Wilkowski Even after the Schindler thing... I still feel I dodged another bullet every time I think about my Dad's Army unit that got called up for Vietnam and at the last minute, was told to stand down. Amazing how all that works
Oskar Schindler was a very flawed human being, who fulfilled the absolute capacity in all human beings for good. He failed at everything else in his life, but where he succeeded, it mattered the most. Nothing else in his life that he could have accomplished would have been as important as the one thing he did right. God bless his soul for eternity ❤
Exactly, people are fallible. Somehow the masses think everything is black or white.
don't agree with your opinion, beg to differ!
@@rodrigoodonsalcedocisneros9266 many shades of grey
I disagree, success of his own family would have been more important, the most important "work you will ever do is within the walls of your own home" DAVID O MCKAY
@@bobhappy4917 How many thousands of people's lives have you saved? Get back to me when you've achieved that level of success
My favourite scene in the film is when he saves the children from the concentration camp arguing how he needs them due to their small fingers to polish 9mm shells. (I may have the calibre wrong) You just really get the sense of how he suddenly thought of that off the cuff to save those defenceless children and how frantic he had to think to save them. I get emotional just thinking about it.
Edit* - the third comment gave us the answer ref. shell calibre. Can other people please stop commenting it? We don’t need another 30 people telling us.
.45 mm casing
I think it was 20mm anti-aircraft flakgun cases. But yes, I can vividly remember that scene too.
@@richardsanchez9190 That's not a thing and would be really really tiny if it was.
@@julianwells4055 "how else am I supposed to polish the inside of a
.45mm shell casing?" Now I'm not sure if you mean a
.45mm shell casing doesn't exist or what but that is a direct quote from the movie. You're welcome to check it out.
@@julianwells4055 Netflix with 32:03 minutes left. There it is.
Let's be straight it is not a single deed. We are talking about a concerted effort of 2-3 years. Making sure there is enough food, clothing, shielding/hiding them from the people who would kill them. Knowing that if you make one false move you and everyone who worked for him could be killed. That is a long long time to be walking that tightrope.
That is incredibly brave and hardcore.
And not just that, he was so brave-faced as to lie and manipulate the officers right to his face who had more power over him in terms of positions and yet he managed
@@morisakarleign3014 Oh for sure. He had to finesse the right people and one false move, the tiniest mistake and it is done.
At any time he could have decided this is too much stress and bailed or just plain walked away to leave them to fend for themselves but he didn't. To say this was a "single act" improperly diminishes the feat he accomplished.
@@anthonyju6392i visited Schindler's factory turned into museum right now. While visiting you can watch the short documentary where Poles and Jews working for him talk about he protected them. For instance every time there was Nazi control planned in the factory he gave a head up to hide the elder Jews somewhere so they wouldn't see them. Also he greeted Nazi with finest cheeses, chocolate, wine and other fine alcohol so every time they were to drunk at the end to have a tour and actually control the factory. He never talked to Jews, never really interacted with them but walked around and that was enough for Jews to keep their sanity. The most amazing thing is that not even one Jew was killed for no reason while working for him. Everyone that died was actually by natural causes so that by itself says everything about the man.
Talk about humanitarian. You can buy shoes, clothes, and houses for a person. But to buy actual human beings to keep them for being murdered and going broke because of it is another level of humanitarian. This man is literal hero
1098 lives saved
8500 people alive today as descendants because of his efforts.
not a perfect man with a complicated life and history but this man was the hero everyone should know.
And of the roughly three thousand Palestinian people killed in the military attack in Gaza named Caste Lead, I wonder how many wonderful humans could have come in to this world. possibly 23,700 if your calculations are correct. Schindler allowed the creation of 8500 new humans on this earth, and the IDF eliminated 23,700. potential new ones. Caste Lead was only one of many military strikes of its kind in the last twenty years.
Why 1098, I thought it's 1100?
,@@xiaoxiao5088 I think 1100 comes from rounding 1098 because 1100 is easier to say than 1098 or something I know I'm wrong but it's just a guess
@@xiaoxiao5088 1098 plus tax.
And those 8,500 will have children of their own. Whole generations will live because of him.
Hm. Knowing how selfish and greedy he was in early life makes what he did even more impressive.
Reason to Rule All there’s a wonderful quote about this by Mike Cooney: “Don't take any of this to mean we're diminishing what he did during the war - the sad epilogue in Schindler's life actually makes his heroism during the Holocaust all the more remarkable. This was not a particularly competent or driven or talented man - he had no other successes to his name. But goddamn did the guy step up when the human race needed him to.”
It makes him more human and allows us to realize that ever with our flaws and our fucked up past, we can be great and help our fellow humans.
Ian Bailey very well said 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
We're all selfish and greedy at times, the only question is does that pierce to the very core, or is it just a streak. Fortunately for so many, Schindler's was just a streak.
In some ways I think it prepared him for what he did. I can't imagine a person who had always been decent having the stomach to suck up to Goth the way he did. He had always acted like a sketchy character, so it was no stretch for him. He simply chose to "use his powers for good." And it was incredibly effective.
That last quote always makes me so emotional. He could’ve done nothing and ran off a wealthy man. Instead, he gave it all up to save people - a beautiful act to say the least.
There's only one in a million people like Oskar Schindler.
I saw Schindler's List once. I found it so sadly upsetting I doubt that I'll watch it again but once was enough. Never mind that the film wasn't entirely accurate. If Schindler's story teaches us anything it's that redemption is almost always possible. Schindler lost his fortune and his lavish lifestyle but he traded it for immortality. What he did deserves to be remembered always.
no movie based on true story is entirely accurate, drunkard
Best description I found for the movie is it’s one of the most brilliantly made movies ever, and few people watch it more than once.
same. I barely remember it, i watched it when i was a teenager it came on HBO, i'll never watch it again though. I can't deal with holocaust stuff anymore, I lived in Israel for a few years and never went to Yad Vashem, i'm depressed enough thanks
God what a beautiful way to describe it.
It's true as well. Heroes never die, for to be remembered is to be immortal.
I was 18 years old when it came out and I watched it together with a few of my female friends. It is a brilliant movie but I left the cinema in tears. Deeply moving.
The scene at the end of "Schindler's List" when they are putting the rocks on Schindler's memorial stone... every time I see that movie, I cannot hold in my tears, and that's the scene that gets me every time. One of the best films ever made, in my opinion.
For me its the part where he breaks down as he's fleeing for the Soviets. Its truly haunting how he regretted not being able to save as many as he'd like.
It was a masterpiece, 2nd best film of the 90s for me.
@@ML3180 he wanted to save them all. He couldn't.
Did you realise that the actors were accompanied by the actual Schindler Jew they played in the film.
Spielberg refused to make money on the film saying it would be “blood money.”
He had the balls to be a human being in the midst of monsters. Even more than that....he had the balls to be righteous, when it wouldve been so much easier to be evil. May he rest in peace and always be remembered for a blessing.
He is in heaven ❤️
@@jeanandre6998 I’m pagan myself, and have a slightly different afterlife, but I agree with your message. He deserves eternal peace and contentment for his righteousness actions.
@@stingerjohnny9951 weirdo
@Sanctus Paulus 1962 Nope, why do you ask?
@@stingerjohnny9951 Some people have a one-sided view of worshipping a god.
The Oskar Schindler story is a powerful reminder of how thin the line is between a wasted life and a life well lived. He inspires us to remember that it's never too late for people to become something worthwhile or even show genuine human greatness. People are a complex mixture of curiosity, willful ignorance, unusual amazing talents, common shortcomings or limitations, and above all fierce passions. We need our passions but they can be powerful motivators for either irresponsible, shameful acts or momentous, outstanding achievements. In one lifetime people often do things at both ends of that spectrum. Passions can motivate us to courageous selfless acts or blind us to our humanity and our capacity for empathy. In horrible situations the potential consequences of doing the right thing may frighten even the best of us into inaction. But yet others may bravely serve the vilest of causes. And chance is the random element that may push us to choose our worst or our best options.
Well n eloquently said
"In horrible situations the potential consequences of doing the right thing may frighten even the best of us into inaction" What about the present horrible situation in Palestine ! Where are all the righteous religious leaders in our world who sit passively watching the murder of thousands of innocent Palestinians every year or so in Gaza and the west bank. Does that not frighten the best of us to act ! Seems not. Because the victims are brown of skin, Muslim of religion and the entire western world are racists and bigots at heart.
Man, this was a rollercoaster ride video. Simon was right, if he had been a good person the entire time he wouldn't have been in the position to save so many. Brought me to tears. Great video as always.
Very good point !!!!!!!
Agreed
His old factory in Krakow has been turned into an impressive, and well researched museum. I visited it about 7 years ago when I visited Poland for the first time. Well worth a visit, if it is still there.
Should still be there, I was there in 2019 :)
It is, my Brother just visited a couple of weeks ago!
The inner buildings of the compud have all been transformed into a museum od contemporaty arts and the rest is a museum dedicated to his legacy
Just visited there today, it’s still there! Definitely worth the visit 👍🏻
It's still there and it's actually the most visited museum in Cracow. I've been there on January or February so out of touristic season and it was full of people, especially young Germans which i find really good.
Just think of many unnamed hero at that time who never had time to document their good deeds... and never got rewarded for that reason.
Ill rather live a bum knowing i saved lives than live a king knowing i did nothing
@@numbdigger9552 I think we'd all find that we wouldn't
@@funnyguy5746 that's you. Clearly you have never had to live with the burden of knowing you did something wrong, your conscience knocking, constantly reminding you of your evil.
@@numbdigger9552 are you saying these monsters felt badly about what they did to the jews? What kind of person can do what hitlers men did.daily?????
@@patriciacolombini6567 Probably about one third of all of humanity could? About that seemed to be the number in Germany, and since they weren't a different species that same should be true everywhere else. One could probably look up the numbers of the Rwandan genocide to compare with a more recent example.
I never get tired of this man story. In a world that has turn cynical and uncaring for or fellow humanbeings, is good that we are remember that even in the most difficult circunstances, we are capable of doing unbelievable good things and let out the best of us.
His life is a reminder about how everyone can be redeemed if they make that choice. I often wonder what made him change. He was risking everything doing this, including his life. His flaws makes him the best of heroes, though - one we can look at and see all are capable of great actions.
One can only guess, but i imagine things changed when he was in the thick of it. It´s one thing seeing numbers and atrocities on paper and another eeing them with your own eyes. He hired jews out of greed, but when he came to know and see them and see their suffering his humanity shown through and he saw that the wealth he made was on the life of people not numbers.
Rubbish, he wouldn’t have to redeem himself if he wasn’t a part of the problem to begin with. Nazi is a Nazi, he was partly responsible for the invasion of Poland and the start of the WW2.
@@indiebekonn how was he responsible for that?
I don’t think he ever changed, he was the same man the entire time. He was a rascal, an opportunist, a gambler and a bit of a con man all his life, but he also had humanity and decency…and balls of steel. His negative qualities allowed him to be in a position to do extraordinary good, which, as he described “The Jews were being exterminated, I had no choice.” I don’t see any contradiction, and his later life shows he never changed. Definitely one of my heroes.
In reality ! he risked everything by not doing it.
18:22 - The Irony: In order to achieve his full potential of being a good guy, he had to be a villain first. Anubis must've had fits when Schindler showed up.
weight his sin.. in alot of culture.. he still going to be punish but people who love him would gift his way to somewhere less painful...
I don't think so; I truly think Ma'at's feather would have been far heavier than Schindler's heart!
I think Anubis called in that day. "Nope, gonna let Bast cover my shift."
@@andrewames247 I agree. Schindler’s heart was weighed when he had to choose between letting the Jews in his factory starve or to provide for them out of his own pocket. His heart was found to be the lighter of the two.
As complicated and flawed men go, Oskar Schindler is one of my favorite.
Wonderful treatment of the subject as always.
To me the fact he was flawed , Like all of us - makes him even more of a hero in my eyes. I've watched the movie more times than I can remember and every time I do, I admire him more and more. Interesting video - thanks for posting. Nice to have this background information !
If anyone who commented in this video were in Germany at the time and told to do such unspeakable things almost every one of us would probably be found lacking and most likely far worse. The fact that this human piece of garbage turned into a hero is not only surprising but also impossible. And yet, we have this extremely complicated person who it can be argued is better then every one of us. 😳
@@mattberg6816 The Nazi leaders reported (they thought truthfully) that he was a party loyalist. He couldn't survive in Germany. Argentina was a country with lax immigration laws welcoming everyone. Including Nazi officials, who were being hung at home. It was literally his best bet.
I managed a holocaust museum for a time and we hosted one of the people that he saved. At the time she was only a child and he saved both her and her mother, who was a cleaner for one of the SS commanders, from being beaten and then sent to death. She did a talk for the little museum, which was packed with people coming to see her, it was a very moving story.
A profiteer of slave labor and made himself very wealthy as such. He gave everything up at the end to save lives of innocents being oppressed. Oscar Schindler was a very good man, he died poor years later with the charity of the saved Jews and their families paying his bills. He found his own humanity amongst the horrors of war and genocide! Rest In Peace Oscar❤️
I have been to Israel and visited Schindler's grave. It was one of the highlights of my life to have done that.
Get a hobby if thats actually true
@@dave8323 Mount Zion is the very place in which King David was buried.
I too have been to Schindler,s grave, and it was a highlight of my life. Ignore Dave. He clearly doesn,t understand anything.
@@dave8323 what do you call a highlight?? I’ve walked the battlefields of the Somme and paeschendale that was a genuine highlight. Is that a highlight by your lofty standards???
It's official, Simon Whistler now owns all the youtubes channels... well at least the good ones
And nobody is complaining 😂
What all channels does he run?
Thomas _ TK all of them, every single channel.
@@piratepropergander5295 Why hasn't Simon already hosted meme review then?
Well we need Simon to open a movie review channell and a football channel
Simon, please do a video on Paul Rusesabagina 'the Rwandan Schindler' who, during the 1994 Genocide used his Hutu business connections to save over 1,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu refugees in his hotel
Shake Hands With the Devil is an amazing book
"He who saves 1 life is as if he saves the world entire".....this applies to all people the world over..to all who save lives
Hotel Rwanda is definitely a movie that's worth a watch...
@@jdubskiwright2380 And Rwanda arrested him, he is now in jail....
You should do a video on Chiune Sugihara. He was an employee at the Japanese consulate in Lithuania who signed the documents for thousands of Jews to flee to Japan.
Did they need more Jewish logs for science?
@@oldleatherhandsfriends4053 prick!
Also Aristides de Sousa Mendes of Portugal helped many Jews flee.
Also, I believe the ambassador to Ecuador in Germany helped a lot too. But I could be wrong.
@@oldleatherhandsfriends4053 That has nothing to do with this...?
While I was born nineteen years after he died and, so far as I'm aware, no one in my family are related to the Schindlerjuden, Schindler did shape my life in certain ways. The first time I saw the film was with my mother, stepmother and sister, and I was shook to the core. On my trip to Israel the following summer, I read the book Spielberg used as the basis for the film. Well before I visited Yad Vashem, I'd decided to do a history major as well as an English major when I got to college, with a focus on WWII and the Holocaust. That same summer, I also got a ring with the same inscription on Schindler's ring in Hebrew: "He who saves a life, it is as if he has saved a world entire." It's a reminder that, while no one is perfect or entirely good, they are capable of doing great things and changing the world for the better.
It's also why, despite what he did during the early years of the Nazi regime, Oskar Schindler is still one of my biggest heroes.
@Rami Ungar What a wonderful story! It just goes to show, that while evil deeds can have a life after - so can the good. And, it reminds us that people are rarely all one thing or another. But, an imperfect man, who had an epiphany and did the best he could to save lives, and who died years before your birth, had a critical effect on your life. Thank you so much, for posting this. :)
Lovely story, truly.
You really have to think about it. Only by being a money grubber at the beginning did no one in Nazi Party suspect him of harboring or liking Jews. Quite a paradox which allowed him to save over a thousand. Sad that he had such a sad ending, but really he wasn't a businessman, just a profiteer who really couldn't make it in the real world. But for one specific purpose in his life, he saved many lives. The right person in the right place at the right time, that was all that matter.
Rami Ungar God will not judge you by your imperfections but by the love you shared with his children in need.
@@ChallengeGypsyboy Someone's a bit insecure.
I remember watching that movie when it came out. It's stayed with me to this day. It's not only a wonderful story, it's a true cinematic masterpiece. It was beautifully shot and I love the fact it was in black/white. They only time color was used, it was for something important, such as the little girl's red coat. The ending scene with the Jews he saved paying respect was a beautiful tribute to Oskar.
That ending scene makes me cry EVERY TIME I WATCH IT, and just now, you mentioning it. "Blessed are the Merciful for they will obtain Mercy".
@roger james hunter That's why you're an INCEL, don't have a girlfriend and NEVER WILL. Women find you SOOO BORING. (Yep, "soft-core" porno on your channel, a "GREAT MASTURBATOR") XD
roger james hunter “You made out during Schindler’s List?!”
-Seinfeld
@@thebrocialist8300 XD, it's funny because Seinfeld is JEWISH AND Nazi Germany is in the dust bin of History and Israel exists!
My Wife at the time and I saw it at the theatres when it came out. The place was packed. When the movie ended, people were walking out and no one was talking. We were all just so stunned and shaken.
A week ago today, I became a father. Never has the sanctity of human life been so real to me as since she was born. I've been obsessed with the Holocaust this week since I fell a need to understand how people might kill people en masse. I mean I know how it all happened and why, but even 8 decades years later, it's so hard to come to terms with the idea it happened. Schindler was a truly redeemed soul and a hero.
Congratulations on your new baby!!! It is very difficult to imagine people being persecuted and systematically murdered. And, the fact that the German people looked the other way, or turned people in, is mind boggling. There were some people that risked their lives to save the Jews, and they truly are heroes. I read everything that I can on the Holocaust, and the war. It’s a passion of mine! I don’t think that our children are being taught much or anything about it. We can never forget that this happened. Never.
My first name isn’t the real deal but my last name is. It was nice to learn about my ancestor, and I can see that even after all this time our family still enjoys cars and believe it or not we still do our best to help anyone and everyone we can. It’s our family motto, even if you aren’t doing that well in life try your best to help others. And no matter how bad of a situation you may be in, there are many others in a worse situation. I’m happy he didn’t die during any of that, after all I wouldn’t be alive if he did.
Are you actually related to Oskar Schindler?
bro you're cringe af
@@itsyagirlbri yes, on my dads side of the family. Its a loose relation but we are related. I got the nickname “Schindler’s List” do to that relation.
TRUE, EVEN IF WE ARE NOT DOING THAT WELL, WE STILL CAN EXTEND HELP! GROWING UP WE WERE NOT DOING WELL AT ALL, BUT I WITNESSED MY MOTHER HELPING, ONE OF HER FAVORITES WAS A WIDOW WITH 3 CHILDREN AND SHE EVEN HAD A SLIGHT PHYSICAL DISABILITY! I WAS KIND OF MISSING HER IF SHE DOSEN'T COME TO US IN A WEEK!
I wonder what he would have thought about his distant relative having a playlist with hentai in it lmao
Thank you for doing this biographic. I love this movie and while Oskar Schindler wasn't always an upstanding man, it goes to prove that Heroes are not born, Heroes are made through every day decisions. That everone has the opportunity to be a hero.
and it is not too late for any of us. I wish more people knew this.
Exactly!!! Great men and women are rarely born that way, they raise to the occasion. (Edited because of autocorrect 🙄)
It goes to prove that not all heroes are Navy Seals.
*"I could have saved one more person, and I didnt! and I didnt!"*
The hell of that statement is this
He saved 1098 Jews but was convinced that had he pawned his Nazi Pin he could have saved 1,100. However the truth is attempting to do so might have exposed him and condemn himself his wife and all 1,098 of his workers
@@MrSheckstr Very true many where already extremely suspicious of him, and if he was ever found out they would have all surely died...
Schindler’s story is particularly motivating because it shows regardless of what you were in the past, you can still become a hero if you step up against inhumanity.
23:20 that's amazing that they took care of him until his death. It is also amazing that he was able to get them out of that death camp in time. I feel like the allies should have been more sympathetic towards him its pathetic that we allowed actual war criminals into our borders with open arms and we even gave them gifts and money to do so... But he was automatically denied because of his association even though he was beloved by thousands of Jewish people.
There should be a companion piece to this bio and I recommend doing the story of Chiune Sugihara. The Japanese ambassador who selflessness save thousands of lives by giving Jewish people visas to get out of Europe
There's also the opposite. The german Ambassador that spent his nights saving people in China.
I would LOVE to hear this man's story!
@@ambrosiogiovanni6952 john rabe
Sir Nicholas Winton saved a few people I heard.
Or the entirety of Denmark, as while they were enduring their own occupation and death after the Nazi blitzkrieg invasion they managed to hide and sneak out most of their Jewish population (and non-Jewish relations) across to Sweden, nearly 8,000 of them. This entire action was made possible by a Nazi German diplomat named Georg F Duckwitz, who also arranged for their safekeeping in Sweden.
If there is a heaven. Mr. Schindler is most certainly there.
YES
And his wife.
Yes he must be there because on earth he didn't got some reward for helping 1000 Jews, perhaps it should had been better cared of by Gypsies after the war if he had helped 1000 of them.
@@danilo16410 You did not watch the whole video, the Jews DID help him. So, what are you talking about?
absolutely
“What is better? To be born good, or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?” ~ Paarthurnax, Skyrim
1:25 - Chapter 1 - Brave new world
4:25 - Chapter 2 - Marriage & misery
7:40 - Chapter 3 - The dictator & the spy
11:00 - Chapter 4 - Winter for poland
13:15 - Chapter 5 - The factory
15:20 - Chapter 6 - He who saves one life
19:05 - Chapter 7 - Saves the world
21:50 - Chapter 8 - How a hero dies
I watched that movie in 10th grade when we discussed WW2, the violin music and seeing what happened in Krakow got me
If that got ya, you should watch the Pianist. It's a true story about a Jewish pianist that avoided capture thought the entire war. It's quite heart breaking
I watched it once... and that is all I ever shall need. Not that it's not good. It's excellent, TOO excellent at portraying one of the most horrifying points in history.
I also watched the movie in 10h grade, it was hard to watch. the scene near the end when he is lamenting that he could have done more, that breaks me. I want to watch it again, I just can't bring myself to do it.
@@tigerfanfrv This. I went to an all boys high school. We watched the movie in class. This very scene at the end caused at least a third of the class to visibly wipe their faces. Most of the rest were just better at hiding it.
Lmao fr you an ez catch
"All that evil needs to succeed is that good men do nothing," has been my favorite quote of all time for the last 30 years. But I don't think it originates with Edmund Burke.
A quick search reveals....John Stuart Mill said in 1867: “Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.”
F 10th
What they ought to say is; evil succeeds” lord of war
I actually respect him more knowing the real story instead of the hero that's been built up by popular history. He shows that even pretty scummy people can rise to the occasion under the right circumstances. Warts and all, he should be remembered with respect.
The line that separates good and evil cuts through every human heart- Alexander Solzhenitsyn
I was a student at UT Austin in the early 90s when two people on that list came and spoke on campus. They had met during their time at the factory and married each other after the war. It was an amazing thing to listen to their experiences.
Shindler's List and Saving Private Ryan were the only R-rated films I saw as part of my high school education. Both are excellent films, both are arguably Spielberg's finest works, but only one moved me. Knowing that the real-life man really was as dedicated to his mission to save lives is a legitimate beacon of hope for me in this dark world.
Schindler's story is so compelling precisely because he was so flawed.
Oscar Schindler's legacy is redemption against all odds and that humanity can be found even in the worst of circumstances. His story has many wonderful aspects but my favorite is those whom he helped save caring for him in his later years.
Ralph Fiennes was top-notch in the Steven Spielberg feature film.
He was fantastic!! He eminated evil! Must have been taxing as an actor. To play a total bastard!!
Yes while watching the film i had to remind myself Finnes was an actor playing that human cancer an not really him
Until The Reader I had a very hard time watching him in any other movie without hating his guts, because I could only think of him as Amon Goth. I read that because he was so convincing in his portrayal, some of the actual survivors on set who had known Goth got very upset, and he went out of his way to speak with them at length when he was out of costume, and to express his sincere sympathy to them. He told them he himself had a difficult time with the role, but he wanted the world to understand what a monster Goth was, so he tried to portray him as accurately as possible
Bill Whittaker Grand Budapest Hotel is one of his best roles, too.
His first major role and being typecasted can make or break your acting career. A true devoted professional at heart.
That’s a good point.
If Oscar was a good guy right from the very beginning he would never have gotten involved and therefore would never have saved his Jews.
He obviously had highly persuasive skills aptly demonstrated by his ability to get Amon Goth on board.
God used him well
So you think God helped Schindler, but allowed the holocaust in the first place? Wow. What a prick.
***a good guy right from the very beginning - there is no such thing as good guy from the beginning. A person is a process, and not something unchangeable. You need to think a little.
@@Zveruidfly okay good advice
Would that be the same god that ignored the other 6,000,000 Jews? You really need to think things thru before you post in blind faith :(
@@malahammer I can see how you can say that, however because your antagonism levels are as high as they are, you’re like the ones watching the Madam guillotine doing her work at the French Revolution, wanting their pound of flesh. They too were in no mood for mercy.
But in retrospect those of them who can be honest with themselves realise that their ancestors went too far.
Yes some were perhaps deserving of getting their just deserts but they were slaughtering gentle people including young and old women who were innocent.
But they were so maddened they couldn’t listen to reason.
They just wanted revenge.
I’m going to post again but if you’d rather knit and cheer as heads roll it’ll be a waste of time.
I remember back in school we were visited by a holocaust survivor, and he told us something I found extremely hard to believe, and if he wasn't a holocaust survivor I straight up would've never believed him.
He told us, that the time he spent in Soviet prison after the war was worse than the time he spent in a nazi concentration camp, because in the camp he at least had something to do to distract himself, while in soviet prison he could do nothing but sit in his cell.
Then again, he was a Polish resistance fighter, not a Jew. So he was kept in concentration camp for work and slow starvation, not for extermination.
I get him. He was human. He went with the flow until his humanity enveloped him. None of us are all good or all bad. But his good side prevailed and he did what little he could for those people he could save. We can criticize him but he did so much more than the vast majority
"He who saves the life of one man saves the world entire..."
That doesn't make sense. No human can save. Salvation has been offered 2 us already 2000 years ago.
@@nukapuka its ftom the ending scene in the schindlers list btw go watch it
That may be a reference from the Talmud.
@@nukapuka ???
@@nukapuka For the low low price of your lifes savings the pope can absorb your sins and grant you direct access to heaven- Medieval priest
Fun fact. The Krakow Apartment seen in the movie - is the actual Apartment. I know someone who knows the woman that lived there. Spielberg had to show up in person and knock on the door, before she believed it wasn'øt a gag.
To me Oskar is both someone to look up to and also a source of great sadness. If he was able to stand up and save so many, why didn't everyone else?
Many people did. They just didn’t have a movie made about them.
Maybe because they would kill you the second they realize you were trying to save them
I just want to thank you for telling me about my ancestor, I only heard about him from my father and I haven't seen the movie yet so this is almost completely new to me. I find it nice to know more about my family tree.
You're ancestor Oskar was a stunning, amazing hero of the ages. A true, real German if his nationality, then someone Rommel would have been so proud of.
Amazing... I’m crying. My great grand parents were Jews who escaped Poland as the war started. This is my favourite CZcams channel
At the end, when he was lamenting how his possessions could have saved more people, I bawled my eyes out.
The greatness of what he achieved lies in the trajectory of his life itself, to change himself from that point of practical invincibility is a supremely courageous act. Wow, superb.
Loved this. I’ve been fascinated with his story for years. Schindlers List is one of my favourite movies of all time, and likewise the book which I read some years later. I never knew until after my uncle died, but his father was one of the Schindler Jews. They would travel to Jerusalem together every year to pay their respects at Zion. Going back and watching the film and this video knowing that is seriously powerful stuff. Everyone deserves a second chance in life, everyone has a shot at redemption.
There are some other personalities similar to Oscar Schindler that deserve recognition. There was a Japanese Diplomat in I believe Austria. There was also a German diplomat in Nanking. Both people worthy of recognition.
and there was a swedish diplomat that saved 70,000 Hungarian Jews by buying properties and claiming it for diplomatic reasons only to stuff the buildings full of people until he could sneak them out of the country. he had no official backing by his home country but he did it anyways.
I remember reading that even as he was being taken away to jail on the train a Japanese diplomat was still issuing visas to save as many Jews as he could. as awful as humanity can be there are some that will still help people no matter what.
@@nubreed13 Japan's ambassador to Lithuania, if memory serves.
There was a Salvadoran and Portuguese😅 who gathered papers to save Jewish lives from the Nazis. I have read the history concerning the gentlemen. 😮
@nubreed13 Raoul Wallenberg from Sweden, and the entire nation of Denmark.
Schindlers List, what a performance by Liam Neeson and Spielberg behind the scenes.
don't forget Ben Kingsley and Ralph Fiennes.
A fine film.
Ralph Fiennes kills his performance, he made that movie.
@@jonezmontenegro3916 apparently when one of the Schindler Jews visited the set she was so traumatized by Ralph Fiennes accurate and terrifying portrayal she had to be escorted out and comforted...and Fiennes felt awful that he couldn't be the one to comfort her
From enemy to hero. What a great redemption. Threw away all he had to save those people and it was all worth it. His story will forever be remembered and honored.
That’s actually a good survival tactic. Befriend the monster.
I actually got teary eyed at the end 😭
I got tears because how he lived the rest of his life after saving 1000 persons of a people that have some of them that are rich as Hell.
But I'm happy for him because now he's with God, no better place to spend Eternity.
3:35 “Analyzing in Background”
Is this supposed to be subliminal? lol
Happened at 0:02 as well
No that's from adobe premiere being a piece of crap. I used to run into that all the time when I did video editing. You'd think after a decade or more adobe would stop rendering error messages onto people's output renders. It's not like it takes hours to get a video out or anything.
I slowed it down to see what it said.. If you play this in 0.25 speed, Simon sounds incredibly drunk! :D
utbdoug I did the same lol
@@Ciorram1 And 10:31
Schindler’s List. A movie I could only ever watch once. Yet a movie that moved me and made a mark on my soul like no other. And the end of this video moved me once again.
Thank you, Simon, for this biographical treatment of Oskar Schindler’s life story.
Oskar Schindler was a human being, who had flaws, many in fact, but he'll be remembered as a hero because when the world needed him, his kindness answered the call. R.I.P.
I went to his factory in Poland it was incredible he is such a hero
Jack O. Saving people in the face of certain death is pretty damn heroic to me
HEROIC
Brilliant performances by all in Schindler's List. Until The Reader I had a very hard time watching Ralph Fiennes in any other movie without hating his guts, because I could only think of him as Amon Goth. I read that because he was so convincing in his portrayal, some of the actual survivors on set who had known Goth got very upset, and he went out of his way to speak with them at length when he was out of costume, and to express his sincere sympathy to them. He told them he himself had a difficult time with the role, but he wanted the world to understand what a monster Goth was, so he tried to portray him as accurately as possible
If you hate the guts of an actor for the role he played in a film or a play, you might need some psychological help with that.
At your age, and you cannot separate role playing from real life you must also be terrified of the Hulk or the Joker.
He was pushed into greatness by the ones he saved. And just think he did 1098 miracles for those people.
It’s his flaws and how he was not the perfect Hollywood hero but how his humanity came to the fore when the world was turning to Hell and his friends and workers were faced with unimaginable suffering that makes him so much a man to admire.
6:00 his wife was someone "to come home to when he couldn't find a better offer" THAT'S COLD LOL
We watched Schindler's list at our school and when it was over I heard people saying "Why did we have to watch that? we could have been doing something important" And it made me very angry.
Edit: Reading this 6 months later really makes if feel like it belongs on R/Iamverysmart so I will say I worded this very wrong. This did in fact happen like a month before I saw the video and it just set me off. When I watched this video it reminded me of it and I just kinda wanted to share this fact. but yes I did sound very snobby and annoying reading this again
Edit 2: I will also add though I might've been in that attitude about the R/Iamverysmart while making this thought because no one in our class knew anything about History and when we got into WW2 I knew more than others so I was probably riding high on believing I was smarter than anyone else in the class so idk maybe I meant it the way it was wrote but anyway I've changed now, the highschool depression hit hard bruh
Bravo! for your anger.
How old? I can see kids not getting the movie, its black and white to start and there is no hero with mucles or costume or some super natural power to save the day.
too be honest, its until a person becomes more experience to understand that Schindler in 1940 propely archieved everything he could have imaged yet in the end he risked everything including his own life just to save a handful of people he did not know.
I am not sure if I could have done the same.
sicily72 9th & 10th graders or Freshman and Sophomores
With that comment, as the teacher , I would have assigned each student to read, The Gulag Archipelago, by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Something that should be required reading.
@@enigma2407 I'm from England and aren't too sure what a sophomore is, but I know that they are old enough not to be spouting crap like that. Pure ignorance.
The quote at the end by Edmund Burke (also attributed to Benjamin Franklin, but what good quote isn't at some point in it's life) is one of my absolute favorites.
On "He who saves one life, saves the entire world" made me misty-eyed
That made binge watching your channel more than worth the sleep deprivation. A heart felt thanks.
I remember when the movie came out. They played it at the theater of the Army post I was stationed on. By order of the Post Commander, any who wanted to go see it were given time off to do so and they didn't charge us a dime.
Never heard a theater so quiet as during the darker parts of that film, nor any group laugh so loud as when O.S. pulled the wool over those nazis' eyes. Hell of a fine film.
This is easily the finest account of Schindler anywhere in print or otherwise. Just factual, no sugar coating, but incredibly moving. Thank you.
Schindler's list is one of the starkest movies I've ever seen.
The dude who plays Amon Goeth is really good
@@TheKing60210 Ralph Fiennes is his name (you may know him as Lord Voldemort lol, he's apparently REALLY good at playing the bad guy).
I don't think Rob Schneider ever made a list... and if he did, you can bet it would be in a movie starring Adam Sandler.
@@otnat2094 😆😆dark humor eh?
@@tacklecentralfishing1051 when I saw the misspelling of Schindler to Schneider ...I couldn't resist😊
Simon, just when I think that your videos can't get any better, I encounter a video such as this. You've a way of presenting material which is absolutely captivating. I've watched quite a few of your videos now, and this video has got to be within the TOP 5 best ever made videos on CZcams; and trust me, without owning a TV, I watch a lot of youtube clips when I get back from work or at the weekends. I like how you draw parallels and highlight contrasts with the film Schindlers List. What an excellent channel.
At about the same time as Schindler’s List was released, I had a holiday job as a porter in a hotel in the Black Forest. One of the customers staying was a former JU-88 pilot. We had a long talk about which I have written. He mentioned Oskar Schindler as one of the few Germans who hadn’t been completely evil.
No one is perfect, and this man was not. But he was the right man at the right time who discovered his own humanity, resulting in saving many lives.
my neighbor is a decendant of schindlers list and I am so grateful for everything he's done!
Wow! Your neighbor is a living testament to the good that one man’s tenacity to save lives will perpetuate through many generations to come.
So if your neighbor was a complete jerk that annoyed you every day...
to be more exact,he is buried at the lutheran cemetery on mount zion,near jerusalem old city.I visited the place many times to pay respects.nice job fellas!
I’ve always loved the story of Schindler. It’s a powerful and moving message on the duality of humanity, and it never fails to bring a tear to my eye
holy heck that ending almost made me cry. very good video, thank you!
Schindler says to Fiennes character: "Not killing them. That's the real power!"
And then the fucker shoots the kid in the head after 2 decision shots
Thank you. I am Slovak and the facts related to the situation in Czechoslovakia in 1920-30´s that your provided in quite a detail are correct. That´s not easy at all because the situation back then was very complex and you can easily get misled by different sources so great job.
WOW! I started watching this AND COULD NOT STOP. It has to be watch from start to end. THANK YOU Biographics
One of the best you’ve ever done, Simon. Thank you