I Hated The Brutality, The Sadism, And The Insanity Of Nazism. I Just Couldn't Stand By And See People Destroyed. I Did What I Could, What I Had To Do, What My Conscience Told Me I Must Do. That's All There Is To It. Really, Nothing More.

-Oskar Schindler

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I Hated The Brutality, The Sadism, And

Oskar Schindler

I Hated The Brutality, The Sadism, And The Insanity Of Nazism. I Just Couldn't Stand By And See People Destroyed. I Did What I Could, What I Had To Do, What My Conscience Told Me I Must Do. That's All There Is To It. Really, Nothing More.

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People

Insanity

Sadism

The Persecution Of Jews In Occupied Poland Meant That We Could See Horror Emerging Gradually In Many Ways. In 1939, They Were Forced To Wear Jewish Stars, And People Were Herded And Shut Up Into Ghettos. Then, In The Years '41 And '42 There Was Plenty Of Public Evidence Of Pure Sadism. With People Behaving Like Pigs, I Felt The Jews Were Being Destroyed. I Had To Help Them. There Was No Choice.

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Ghetto

Pigs