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Oskar Schindler
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“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 (1908–1974) first seen 1964 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview at Am Hauptbahn No. 4 in Frankfurt Am Main, West Germany (1964), quoted in The Oscar Schindler Story (2012).
“I knew the people who worked for me. When you know people, you have to behave towards them like human beings.”
Oskar Schindler (1908–1974) first seen 1965 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Response in 1965, to Moshe Bejski, one of the Schindlerjuden, who later a became a justice on the Supreme Court of Israel and president of the Commission to honour the Righteous Among the Nations, as quoted in "Schindle…
“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 (1908–1974) said by 1974 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On his metamorphosis from a Nazi party member to a saviour of Jews in witnessing the genocidal practices of the "Final Solution", as quoted in "Schindler: Why did he do it?" (2010) by Louis Bülow
“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 (1908–1974) first seen 1972 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remark in 1972, as quoted in "Schindler: Why did he do it?" (2010) by Louis Bülow.
“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 (1908–1974) said by 1974 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: After witnessing a day of Nazi roundups of Jews in Krakow, as quoted in Schindler's List (1982) by Thomas Keneally, Ch. 15.
“There was no choice. If you saw a dog going to be crushed under a car, wouldn't you help him?”
Oskar Schindler (1908–1974) said by 1974 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To Poldek Pfefferberg, in response to the question of why he risked so much, as quoted in "Schindler: Why did he do it?" (2010) by Louis Bülow.
“Now you are finally with me, you are safe now. Don't be afraid of anything. You don't have to worry anymore.”
Oskar Schindler (1908–1974) said by 1974 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Greeting 300 of his women workers he had saved from Auschwitz, on their return to his factory, as quoted in "Schindler: Why did he do it?" (2010) by Louis Bülow