1. VOCABULARY & Characters
SCHINDLER’S LIST
VOCABULARY
&
Characters

2. Day 1

3. SABBATH THE JEWISH HOLY DAY;
DAY OF REST SUNSET FRIDAY UNTIL SUNSET SATURDAY

4. JUDENRAT
JEWISH COUNCIL WITH 24 ELECTED JEWS PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR CARRYING OUT THE ORDERS OF THE NAZI REGIME IN KRAKOW; SUCH AS DRAWING UP LISTS FOR WORK DETAILS, FOOD, HOUSING & A PLACE TO LODGE COMPLAINTS

5. EDICT 44/91
ESTABLISHES A CLOSED JEWISH RESIDENCY IN THE WALLED GHETTO IS COMPULSORY. ALL JEWS FROM KRAKOW AND SURROUNDING AREAS ARE FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES AND REQUIRED TO CROWD INTO AN AREA OF 16 SQUARE BLOCKS

6. Oskar Schindler

7. Oskar Schindler Austrian “businessman” Moves to Krakow, Poland
Married to Emilie
Con artist, black marketeer
Factory owner (?), approaches Jews to fund his factory
Loves women

8. Oskar Schindler

9. Oskar Schindler

10. Itzhak Stern

11. Itzhak Stern Jew Member of judenrat Former book keeper
Helps Schindler get financing
Becomes foreman of D.E.F.
Helps other jews get work passes

13. Day 2

14. GHETTO
WALLED-OFF AREAS OF MAJOR CITIES (SUCH AS KRAKOW) THAT HOLDS THE DISPLACED JEWISH POPULATION

15. D.E.F. DEUTSCHE EMAILWARENFABRIK SCHINDLER’S FACTORY;
MAKE ENAMELWARE, MESS KITS ETC.

16. OD (JEWISH GHETTO POLICE)
“TRUSTED” JEWS WHO WORK AS A POLICE FORCE INSIDE THE GHETTOES; OFTEN MISTRUSTED AND HATED

17. Day 3

18. SS (Schutzstaffel)
Special division of German army; in charge of overseeing all Jewish
affairs

19. KRAKOW GHETTO MASSACRE
LIQUIDATION OF THE GHETTO BY AMON GOETH & SS; ESSENTIAL WORKERS MOVED TO LABOR CAMPS;
NON-ESSENTIAL WORKERS DISPOSED OF

20. Amon Goeth

21. Amon Goeth Untersturmfuhrer SS commander
Commandant of Plaszow labor camp
Leads liquidation of Krakow ghetto
Involved with Helen Hirsch

22. Amon Goeth

24. Day 4

25. PLASZOW FORCED LABOR CAMP
JEWS PROVIDE BASIC LABOR; RUN BY AMON GOETH; HOLDS ESSENTIAL WORKERS FROM KRAKOW; FACTORIES MOVED INSIDE CAMP

26. Helen Hirsch Jew Selected by Goeth to become his house servant
Goeth is attracted to Helen
Helen worries about being killed

27. Day 5

28. RACE AND RESETTLEMENT ACT
GERMAN CITIZENS ARE FORBIDDEN CONTACT WITH JEWS

29. THE FINAL SOLUTION
HITLER’S FINAL ORDER TO ELIMINATE ALL JEWS IN CAPTIVITY AND THEN IN EUROPE

30. AUSCHWITZ
EXTERMINATION CAMP USED TO GAS AND CREMATE THOUSANDS OF JEWISH PRISONERS;
THE LARGEST OF ALL THE CAMPS

31. Emilie Schindler Wife to Oskar Tolerates Oskar’s relationships
Works in medical clinic in Schindler’s factory