Schindler's List
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BCapaldi on December 16, 2010
Classes:
WH BK 4 Fall 2012, WH BK 3 Fall 2012, WH BK 1 Fall 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Oskar Schindler | A vain, greedy, German businessman who becomes an unlikely humanitarian |
| Gives these as gifts to SS Officiers | Items that Schindler obtains on the Black Market |
| Itzhak Stern | Accountant who handles administration for Schindler's factory, and saves Jews by making them "essential" so they don't get transported to Concentration Camps |
| Plaszow Labor Camp | Camp set up outside the Jewish Ghetto |
| Schindlerjuden | Schindler Jews. Jews who were saved by Oskar Schindler. |
| Amon Goth | SS Lieutenant who arrived in Krakow to oversee the construction of the Plaszow Labor Camp |
| Schindler's Ark | The book that had inspired the movie, Schindler's List. |
| Jews did this to try to look healthy so they would be used as workers | Prick their fingers and rub blood on their cheeks and lips |
| Why Schindler hires Jews as workers | Jews are cheaper laborers than Poles |
| From Jewish investors | How does Schindler obtain money to set up his factory |
| Jewish gravestones | Used to pave road through the Plaszow labor camp |
| Where Schindler lives in Krakow | Apartment where wealthy Jews were forced out by SS Officiers |
| Setting of Schindler's List | Poland, 1939 |
| Goeth has the woman shot | In addition to taking the advice the Jewish woman engineer gives Goeth, what else does he do |
| Signifies the triumph of the human spirit | Jews conducting a wedding while living in the concentration camp |
| Diamonds | What Schindler offers to get back the Jewish women who were mistakenly diverted to Auschwitz |
| War time | What does Schindler give credit to for his business success |
| "Today is History" | Goeth's speech proclaiming the existence of Jews will become a rumor |
| What does Schindler regret | Schindler wishes he had saved more Jews |
| Their small fingers are needed to clean the insides of artillery shells | How does Schindler justify taking the Jewish children in Auschwitz to his factory |
| Inscription on the ring Jews give Schindler | "Whoever saves one life saves the world entire." |
| Schindler kisses a Jewish girl | After doing this, Schindler is put in jail |
| 6000 alive when the movie was made | How many Schindlerjuden were alive when "Schindler's List" was made |
| A game of twenty-one | Allows Schindler to buy Helen Hirsch |
| Czechoslovakia | Where is the factory Schindler wants to bring the Jews near the end of the film |
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