Schindler's List Reaction

Shenayh Rivera-Melendez
Teaching Divers Populations
Professor A. Navarro
Schindler’s List Paper
Schindler’s List
How is it that a race of people, who did nothing wrong, underwent almost complete genocide? The ultimate crime performed in the face of true immorality by the Nazi people, and all because a certain people were different. Difficult to fathom is the fact that this ever took place and the massiveness of it all. The Nazi people excluded no one, not even children, it was pure injustice and senseless. It is my belief that the holocaust was the worst historical event to ever occur in any point in time, simply because it involved near genocidal actions towards one race of people and utter inhumane treatment of them for no particular reason. It is difficult to believe that some of the racism from this still subsists today, Nazi organizations still, however hidden, exist. The possibility that Jewish people or anyone who was different than what Hitler specified, would have been extinct was it not for people like Schindler is a frightening concept.
While I deplore the fact that, in the beginning, Schindler’s List purpose was for his own selfish monetary gains, however, I applauded the change in the end for he was truly a hidden hero of the time. His plan was an ingenious one and it just goes to show that even one person can make a difference; a lesson which can be applied in the educational field of teaching. The way one chooses to live and help people, makes a difference, even if the difference does not resonate with you, it does for someone else and that is an important concept to be learned from this movie and Schindler’ list of salvation.