“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 ghett...”

Oskar Schindler

“I knew the people who worked for me. When you know people, you have to behave towards them like human beings.”

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...”

Oskar Schindler

“What is there to say? They are my friends. I would do it again, over and over — for I hate cruelty and intolerance.”

Oskar Schindler

“Beyond this day, no thinking person could fail to see what would happen. I was now resolved to do everything in my power to defeat the system.”

Oskar Schindler