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Homework Assignment on the Movie “Schindler’s List”
(Due on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018)
1. Why does Oscar Schindler originally want to hire Jews, rather than Poles, to work in his factory?
2. What is meant by the term “essential worker?” Discuss the significance of it to the Germans and the Jewish people.
3. Whom does Itzhak Stern bring to Schindler’s office to thank Schindler for being a savior? How does Schindler feel after meeting the man?
4. On whom does Schindler focus as he watches the evacuation of the Kraków ghetto?
5. Why do the women in the bunker smear blood on their cheeks?
6. How does Schindler get Amon Goeth to agree to let him buy Helen Hirsch?
7. Provide three circumstances where even in death Jews are still humiliated and treated in a depraved manner by the Nazis.
8. What event in the labor camp signifies the triumph of the human spirit?
10. How many lives does Schindler save during the Holocaust?
11. Discuss the significance of the re-occurring scene where Schindler offers Stern a drink. Why does Stern finally decide to share a drink with Schindler?
12. Why do the laborers pull out their gold teeth, and what do they do with them?
13. What is inscribed on the ring that Stern gives to Schindler?
14. Examine the relationship between Oskar Schindler and Itzhak Stern. What influence does Stern have on Schindler?
15. Examine the similarities and differences between Oskar Schindler and Amon Goeth.
16. What role does color play in the film? What does “the girl in red coat” symbolize?
17. Which part of the film impresses you the most? Why?
