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The persecution of Jews in occupied Poland meant that we could see horror emerging gradually in many ways.

— Oskar Schindler

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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.

Can you imagine what power it took for him to pull out from Auschwitz 300 people?

Now you are finally with me, you are safe now. Don't be afraid of anything. You don't have to worry anymore.

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.

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

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