This book was the basis for the 1993 Stephen Spielberg film.
In the introduction the author makes it clear he used the format of a novel but that this is not a fictionalized telling of the story. He goes to great lengths throughout the book to point out differences in the accounts given by sources and where some stories have taken on a more legendary status.
That being said, this was not a fun book but was very important. It was disturbing and moving and scary and disgusting.
Oskar Schindler may seem to have been out for profit but I would beg to differ if that is your opinion of him. He ended up bankrupt and lived out his days with the help of his Jews. I don't say that with any disrespect, they called themselves that. He saved as many as he could and was always trying to save more, get more on his list. By the end of the war he was beyond obsessed and truly loved the people who he built relationships with over the 4 years he was running a factory to "supply the war effort".
I would never claim he was perfect or a saint, but he was a man horrified by the way his countrymen were treating the Jewish people and did what he could and those who he helped, even those who did not like him, tell of owing him their survival.
(finished January 28, 2013)
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