History Film / SchindlersList

** In the scene where Oskar and Stern are discussing Goeth's actions and lack of humanity or mercy towards the Jewish prisoners in his concentration camp, Oskar makes the claim that without the current circumstances of the war, Goeth would be a normal man who ' loves good food, good wine, the ladies, making money.' The irony is that Oskar himself is a flawed man who wanted to profiteer off of Jewish slaves, but when he saw them suffer, he moved to save the lives of hundreds of innocent people. In real life, he did so from the very beginning. The circumstances of World War II brought out the absolute good in Oskar. So, he proved his own words wrong.

** In the scene where Oskar and Stern are discussing Goeth's actions and lack of humanity or mercy towards the Jewish prisoners in his concentration camp, Oskar makes the claim that without the current circumstances of the war, Goeth would be a normal man who ' loves good food, good wine, the ladies, making money.' The irony is that Oskar himself is a flawed man who wanted to profiteer off of Jewish slaves, but when he saw them suffer, he moved to save the lives of hundreds of innocent people. In real life, he did so from the very beginning. Due to the circumstances of World War II, it brought out the absolute good in Oskar. So, he's proving his own words wrong.
--> '''Schindler''': And he's got the war. Which brings out the worst in people. Never the good, always the bad. ''Always'' the bad.

* {{Irony}}: In the scene where Oskar and Stern are discussing Goeth's actions and lack of humanity or mercy towards the Jewish prisoners in his concentration camp, Oskar makes the claim that without the current circumstances of the war, Goeth would be a normal man who ' loves good food, good wine, the ladies, making money.' The irony is that Oskar himself is a flawed man who wanted to profiteer off of Jewish slaves, but when he saw them suffer, he moved to save the lives of hundreds of innocent people. In real life, he did so from the very beginning. Due to the circumstances of World War II, it brought out the absolute good in Oskar. So, he's proving his own words wrong.

* {{Irony}}: "And he's got the war. Which brings out the worst in people. Never the good, always the bad. ''Always'' the bad." - ''Schindler''

* HiredByTheOppressor: Defied. Industrialist Oskar Schindler needs workers in his factory, since the able-bodied men he had were conscripted to fight in the war. Schindler is allowed to shunt a few hundred Jews slated for the concentration camps as a replacement workforce. At first, Schindler is a member of the Nazi Party simply because it would be beneficial for his business and doesn't really share their views. However, he begins to change as he sees what the Nazis do to his workers and to the Jewish people, and he brings in more to work under him, thereby keeping them safe. By the time Schindler's factories have been converted into munitions plants, he had a HeelFaceTurn, and actively shields his workers from being sent further east and [[FinalSolution into certain doom]].
- Goldberg is a Jew who works for the Nazis as an enforcer, both for survival and for the money.