Film Lesson: Schindler's List

Schindler's List gives you a very powerful description of the Holocaust. It goes into the lives of people who experienced the terror caused by Hitler and the Nazis in the concentration camps. You can actually see how ruthless the the Nazi officers really were. They were willing to do anything to exterminate any race they thought "inferior". The film also goes into the life of Schindler, and how he managed to save the lives of over 2,000 Jews put under his control.

I thought that the most powerful scene of the movie was when the SS officers were trying to take the children away. The officers had taken them away during a medical examination so that the parents wouldn't resist them. Some children tried to hide so that they could stay with their parents. Some kids even resorted to hiding in the toilets to avoid getting caught. This scene shows you how desperate the prisoners were to keep the families together, and also shows how heartless the Nazi officers were.