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Why did Schindler hose the trains?
He arranges to have a long hose taken down the length of the train, spraying water onto the train cars in order to quench a bit of the prisoners’ thirst to make their lives a little more comfortable, and is ridiculed by the other Nazis for doing so.
What happened to the children on the trucks in Schindler’s List?
The movie did not show hangings that inmates had to watch. Nor did it show truckloads of children driven away on trucks as their families frantically ran after them. When the trucks stopped and the children stepped off, they walked into a hail of gunfire and fell dead into pits that were waiting for them.
What happens to the one armed machinist in Schindler’s List?
Death and fear of death govern the lives of the Jews in Schindler’s List. The one-armed man who thanks Schindler for employing him and making him “essential” is shot in the head by an SS officer as he shovels snow the next day. Blood flows from his head, staining the surrounding snow.
What is a dark moment in the early part of Schindler’s journey?
The darkest time of crisis is when the Plaszow camp is emptied and the Jews are sent to Auschwitz as part of the “Final Solution.” Schindler’s Jews are threatened with the same fate and he’s determined not to let that happen.
Where were the kids sent in Schindler’s List?
Before the 1,000 “Schindler Jews” could go to Brünnlitz, they had to be “inspected”; the men were sent to the Gross-Rosen camp and the women were sent to Auschwitz.
Who played Oskar Schindler’s wife?
Emilie Schindler | |
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Schindler in 2000 | |
Born | Emilie Pelzl22 October 1907 Alt Moletein, Moravia, Austria-Hungary (now Maletín, Czech Republic) |
Died | 5 October 2001 (aged 93) Strausberg, near Berlin, Germany |
Nationality | German |
How does Schindler’s list end?
The men and women are reunited at the factory, where they remain until the war’s end. When the war ends, Schindler tells his workers they are now free but that he will be hunted as a war criminal and must flee at midnight.