Essential Films to See at Least Once Before You Die

Schindler's List

Oskar Schindler is a businessman who arrives in Krakow during the start of World War II, prepared to make a fortune. Schindler joins the Nazi party for the sake of political expediency and staffs his factory with Jewish workers for the same reasons. However, when the SS begin to annihilate Jews in the ghetto, Schindler attempts to protect his workers.

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