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Film Lesson: "Schindler's List"

The "Schindler's List" movie is a true story about an Austrian industrialist Oskar Schindler, who kept and save some Polish Jews during WWII by using them as workers in his factory. Schindler made one of the most unforgettable experience in his time by saving 1,100 Jews from certain death.
Schindler's List was the best film I saw about the Holocaust. It is very powerful and gratifying about the strength of the Jews despite their knowledge that they will be killed, and also heartrending to be seen.
Director, Steven Spielberg, delivered his message perfectly that made us saw every dept of the experiences and lives of the Jews, and how they had to live during the Holocaust. It illustrated the Holocaust greater than anyone could ever imagine. I believe it's even close to impossible. It's just remarkable and extraordinary by the help of the actors on portraying the lives of the Jews.
Sometimes I couldn't handle the film because of its honesty that made me feel that something like this could happen, and that a chapter this dark is included in the history of mankind.
All of the scenes were powerful to me from the scenes: labor camp, the children, the liquidation of the Krakow ghetto, Auschwitz, and other places. They were all strong and effective to be understand and discovered. But the one image that will stay with me forever is that scene in Auschwitz. Especially the part where the Jews got into the showers expecting to be killed and then nothing happened, but they never knew they will soon be burn in ovens and will never come back. I believe that was the most brilliant scenes for delivering the utter horror of the concentration camps.
Schindler was the person who guided you throughout the story and taught you about how to do the right thing despite the risk and death that could happen anytime. He showed you a powerful message about his conscience and guilt that even viewers are affected as well and are force to examine how vast their conscience are, and also made them think the hardest choice that someone had made. And that was by saving thousands of innocent lives on an extremely dangerous situation.
I thought the black and white idea was great. I think the reason for it was to distract us from the emotions that would go along the film.
On the other hand, Schindler really made a great choice in his life by taking the advantage of his rank and leadership that sometimes we are force to take a truthful look at the cruel act of the Nazis through the eyes of his character.
I believe a lot of scenes in these story will stay in your mind that some will shed tears, some will feel the same way, and some will regret and be heavily disturb by realizing the mistakes done by the Nazis.

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