Oskar Schindler quotes

There was no choice. If you saw a dog going to be crushed under a car, wouldn't you help him? (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. View quote
Oskar Schindler
Beyond this day, no thinking person could fail to see what would happen. View quote
Oskar Schindler
I knew the people who worked for me. When you know people, you have to behave towards them like human beings. View quote
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Now you are finally with me, you are safe now. Don't be afraid of anything. You don't have to worry anymore. View quote
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I was now resolved to do everything in my power to defeat the system. View quote
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What is there to say? They are my friends. I would do it again, over and over - for I hate cruelty and intolerance. View quote
Oskar Schindler
We must differentiate between guilt and duty. The soldier on the front, like the common man, who does his duty everywhere, should not be held responsible for the actions of a few who also called themselves Germans. View quote
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The Schindler Jews were off-limits in Brunnlitz. View quote
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The persecution of Jews in occupied Poland meant that we could see horror emerging gradually in many ways. View quote
Oskar Schindler
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. (Oskar Schindler)