The part when they are like "we should drink now because who knows" absolutely breaks me every single time but that ending is just the guaranteed waterworks every damn time.
Same. I’ve seen this movie so many times and I still get destroyed every time Liam Neisen says “I could of got nore” and then when I see all the stones on Oskar Schindler’s grave at the end.
Oskar Schindler learned the hard way, and did the right thing. Not many figures from history have had the courage to swim against the tide and do the right thing so bravely.
@@joeladams2540 translation: "I have no idea what is happening in the world" keep watching Disney and leave geopolitics for the grownups, there is no real rise in antisemitism going on right now, it's just an excuse to avoid admitting that a new holocaust is going on; just like what Hitler did with regards to the armenian genocide; people like you don't really care about anybody but europeans...
The horrific thing about these events is that they were way more violent and barbaric than the film can safely depict. One of the worst events in human history.
Yes, thanks for pointing that out. I think it's important to let younger generations know: This ACTUALLY happened! I mean, it's not technically a documentary, but as you said, you don't wanna see a documentary from those events....
Lmao yeah mentally I don't think she's prepared to deal with just how cold the world is and how our modern empires & countries were built. The world is a cruel and evil place. I suggest they watch Paddington Bear or a Pixar movie or something at this point
"To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time" -Elie Weisel. As hard as this is to watch it is so so important , love this film. Thanks for the reaction 🖤
Did you see what took place in the Canadian parliament this week? An actual veteran of the SS was given two standing ovations because he is a Ukrainian who fought against the Russians in WW2. The allies fought the Nazis and the Soviet Union was the main reason we defeated them. Ukraine raised three divisions of SS to fight the Russians on the German side.
@@helmethead72 check out Operation Paperclip on Wikipedia. It was a secret United States intelligence program in which more than 1,600 German Rocket scientists ( Some Were Nazis) engineers, and technicians were taken from the former Nazi Germany to the U.S. for government employment. The Head Of NASA was Former Nazi Werner Von Braun who directed the Saturn V project that landed the 1st men on the Moon! Nazi Germany bombed Allied Cities in WW2 with V2 Rockets. It was the first artificial object to travel into space.
And that quote it the reason I am a WW2/Holocause buff...regardless of people telling me I am too obsessed with need to know more and more about why this happened.
As awful as Goeth was portrayed in this movie, Spielberg actually toned him down as he didn’t think people would believe just how evil and vile he really was.
The only toning down i saw, was when he sniped jews from the balcony. The real Goeth would wear his "Tyrolerhat", a particular Hunters cap from his native Austria when he would snipe Jews from his balcony, because he considered them animals. The older prisoners would know that this meant that it was literally open season for anyone who didn't move fast enough. All the other things he does in the movie happened as well, and isn't toned down, because these cases were brought before him as evidence at his trial, and is a matter of public record. Spielberg "just" left out the absurdly gruesome things he did, like letting his two dogs tear prisoners to death, or shooting a cook to death because the soup served, was too hot.
@@henrikvridstoft2774 I guess we have two different definitions of “toned down”, because my definition essentially includes leaving more heinous things out. He toned down the entirety of the character of the man a bit, not specific actions.
@TheHcjfctc That's a fair point. I see the atrocities that Goeth commits as a greater narrative that connects to Schindler through Stern putting those that has come too close to Goeth (first the rabbi, then the orphan) into Schindler's factory. I do not know for instance which (if any) Jews were given "sanctuary" in Schindler's factory, in regards to Goeth setting his dogs on prisoners for example.
@@henrikvridstoft2774I guess it would have taken a Tarantino to include the Candy-style dog tearing executions. Even though it happened, an audience can only take that much cruelty and brutality. They would just shut themselves down, as a protective mechanism. That is why you need to serve the brutality in adequate doses to keep the effect.
It was important that the audience should reach the end of the movie, to complete that journey because there are important lessons and messages to take from this period. Had the horrors not been toned down the audience wouldn't bear it and would probably leave the theatre, or disbelieve it because of how extreme it really was. There is an interesting video here on youtube showing the reactions of Germans as they left the theatre after watching this movie when it first came out. Their reactions speak volumes, even toned down this movie is hard to bear and process emotionally.
Well I guess it does that too. But the girl's purpose in the story is to show us the exact moment at which Schindler's change of heart is complete, and he decides to make the list (a decision inspired by her death). She's colored red so that the audience can keep up with her from the first time Schindler sees her to the last time when he sees her lying dead amongst the other bodies. That is the pivotal moment in the film.
The killing of one is a tragedy the killing of millions becomes a statistic. Speilberg used the girl in the red coat to reconnect the audience to the individuals who died.
It’s also something that apparently Schindler himself witnessed. He saw a girl in a red coat walking about during the liquidation of the ghetto and everyone just seemed to ignore her. Spielberg latched onto that as a symbol that would run through the movie.
The world ignored the murder of millions? You do realise most of Europe or should I say the allies went to war against the Nazis? FFS another person trying to make a clever comment on RUclips trying to say the world ignored it... Learn your fucking history
We had a survivor from a camp visit our school in the 90s. He told us they made them eat saw dust and kiss the ground they walked on literally. He told us his wife tells him he wakes up screaming without realizing it. He told us the reason he's doing this is so the horror never happens again. I'll never forget that day everyone was crying and just in shock
I met a lady who survived 6 years in the camps. She still had the tattoo on her arm. She was remarkably happy. Concentration camp survivors were often like this because they had learned to view life in a different way after the experience.
A little for Ash, who loves Robin Williams : during the shooting of this film, the subject being so hard and depressing, Spielberg made a point to have a call with Robin Williams from time to time so the comedian could ramble and joke for 30 minutes via phone (while being put on speaker) or so in order to entertain the cast and the whole movie crew and to ligthen up the mood of everyone on set.
Schindlers breakdown about wanting to save “Just one more” is still to this day one of the greatest emotional scenes in film. Neeson’s acting is fucking incredible and it brings me to tears without fail. Hands down the single most important film in human history and very important nowadays as this heinous ideology has been rearing its despicable head again.
It's that one line from Stern that always gets me; feels like a punch in the chest. "Oskar, there are eleven hundred people who are alive because of you, look at them."
My Niece watched this at school in my time at school we watched "The Day after" in Germany. Schindlers List came out 10 years later. Kids in Germany are educated on these subjects and terrible events from the holocaust. It´s not this generation´s fault what happened but it is their perrogative to never let it happen again.
I was afraid Hannah would literally stop watching. The power of this movie is in its truth. As unbelievable as it is, history is full of man's inhumanity to man. Never forget.
There were a couple of time where I thought she would just get up and leave. Part of the power of the movie is that people far into the future will be able to watch it and see their parents, their kids, their friends, and themselves reflected back at them. Yes, it is a story involving unthinkable and evil things, but it also humanizes the people who had to go though it. These are not our great-grandparents, they are us.
It's a hard watch but so important. There are people who still support what the Nazis did. There are people that claim this never happened. We have to remember, and we still have to fight against evil. Love you two.
Can't believe that people actually claim none of it ever happened or even that the numbers of victims were way lower. While I do find a lack of representation of other groups having been oppressed and killed by the nazis, it doesn't change the fact that Jews have suffered the most and it's in no way a justification diminishing the crimes done by Nazi Germany. On the contrary, it only shows that there were even more victims than the 6 million Jews.
Fight against evil, we fought along side evil in the form of the Soviets. They killed millions but that gets swept under the rug, no one like to mention that part.
As a decendant of a Schindler Jew...This was easily the most horrifyingly genuine reaction I've ever seen. I mean that in a good way. You've set the gold standard on how this movie and its topic should rightfully be approached. Well done, kids. Well done. ❤ 🖖
On a side note....we have indeed THRIVED. There are 33 of us now from my grandmother. She was one of the typists/secretaries he hired in that scene...but in real life. Moved to America, met my grandfather in NYC, and this is why I'm able to be here today to tell their story. G-D bless you two. ❤
At the end of the film it erroneously says more than 6 million Jews were murdered. I guess their adding all the Jewish Soldiers who died fighting the Nazis.
Schindler’s List is a cinematic masterpiece that not only educates, but also serves as a powerful reminder of the horrors of the Holocaust. It's ability to evoke empathy, provoke introspection, and inspire change is a testament to the film’s enduring legacy. It is a rare gem that combines artistic brilliance, historical significance, and a profound message of compassion, reminding us of the importance of standing against injustice and preserving the dignity of all humanity.
I grew up in Germany and we watched this as a special screening in a cinema, when we were leaning about the third Reich. I somehow made it to the end of the movie without getting physically ill, but two days later whilst writing a report about one of the death camps i came across a list with names and numbers and how they had been killed. I literally broke down. I had recurring nightmares for months afterwards.... The only one who had it worse in my class was a friend of mine who actually came across a picture of his grandfather in SS uniform. I was only a teenager (13 or 14 years old) at that time, but I will never forget what i did learn about the powers of indoctrination, propaganda and hate. It was pretty painful, but I do think it made me a better human with my own personal understanding of right and wrong and that some things just cannot be tolerated. Thank you for your reaction. I am sure you will carry the memories of this movie with you for a long time. I am sure someone else will comment on all the behind the scenes stuff like "it had to be toned down" or "Ralph Fiennes looked so much like Amon Göth, that one of the survivors had a breakdown and he broke character and tried to comfort her " .... Not getting popcorn ready for this one, but getting some tissues and water
In my opinion, World Wars are joined when there are lots of bad people to go around, not just Hitler,not just Hirohito. I have a speech of Hitler's declaration of war on America and Roosevelt, and much of what he said was true. The American Globalists also triggered the Japanese economically as well.
I am from Germany too and we also watched the movie in cinema when I was in school. Afterwards we visited the ruins of Dachau Camp, a smaller one. Must have been pure Horror.
There are a series of interviews with Holocaust survivors by the Shoah Foundation and they even more ghastly than the movie. One woman worked in Goeths villa and she tells you how he was far worse than he was here.
As a German we had to watch this movie with our whole grade when I was in 9th grade (14-15 y/o). It was mandatory to watch it, and you weren't allowed to miss out on it with a parents note like it used to be with normal field trips or movie events. Our school even rented a small cinema for that, so we got the whole experience with the gunshots with surround sound. It was really hard to watch, especially with the contexts that we had learned and would continue to discuss in history lessons after the movie. A few students had to go out to take a few deep breaths
As someone with PTSD, I would've probably changed schools or something. We had to watch a colonisation-movie (I'm Dutch) and whenever someone says 'slavery' I still hear the screaming of the raped slaves in my head. I was 12 when we watched the movie. I don't know, I fully understand that it is important, but I would've given people the option of writing a 50-page story on the war instead, without using wikipedia-excerpts. Youknow, for the kids that genuienly did not want to see it, or descendants of jews that have already heard the horrors from Grandma.
Yeah, we should never forget what socialism really is. History books are full with examples: Germany (including GDR after WW2), Russia, Kambodscha, Cuba, China (until today), North Korea (until today) ... ... It is always the same result: poverty, censorship, camps, violence against one's own population, war and in the end poverty and hunger. Unfortunately, this ideology will probably never die out because it sounds good in theory and young people in particular fall for it.
When real survivors who knew Amon encountered Ralph, dressed in character, they physically shook in terror. He was too convincing, and it brought them back into the horrific moments of their past.
At 36:27, you did the most natural thing, you had to cover your eyes. A friend of mine, who is a big tough rugby guy was on the Westminster bridge when a terrorist ploughed into tourists, he found it extremely traumatic but all he could do when it was happening was cover his eyes.... He was also a hero a rushed an injured woman to hospital. This moment just reminds me how human we are.
The thing about the pain of this sort of thing is that the people who died deserve to be remembered no matter how horrifying it is. Because the horror they endured is far worse than the act of remembering some of humanity's greatest failures. It's the least we can do. Thanks for sticking with it Hannah.
@Ambander oh check out the edge lord over here… What makes people like you believe that the coolest thing in the world to be is someone devoid of all humanity?
@Ambander the germans are much harder today against nazis than many other countries. Look at the US, the republicans are using the same playbook as the nazis did in the 30's. Demonising marginalised groups like lgbtqi people, banning books etc. And all over europe rightwing parties are gaining power. But the followers refuse to edmit what they are voting for. Back then no one knew what this would lead too, know we all know but people just turn a blinde eye to it.
I remember when this was released, my school made it a point to take us to see it. Imagine a bunch of teenagers on a class trip to the movies, but every single one of us, teachers included , were Silent and in tears . This is something that everyone needs to see. Especially such sensitive people, myself included, because it needs to never be forgotten. Sadly and moreso Disappointedly This Hatred still persists .
Our high school did the same thing - in North Dakota! I don't think any North Dakota community nowadays would allow such a school trip, but in the 1990's, people had more common sense. The film is tough to watch, but worth well worth it. Genocide still happens, and people turn a blind eye.
@Ambander did u knew, its actual illegal over here in germany to deny this stuff happened? you know why? because it did happen and people like you are so arrogant to believe they know history better then the people that actual survived it? like the persons that were shown at the end of the movie?
best thing I was ever taught in history class was when we watched this........... it shows how quickly society can bend and twist people to hate their neighbors overnight. We saw a glimpse of it during covid. Fear and hatred made people look at their friends as "the enemy" because they chose not to stand in line and get a jab and bothered to ask "why"........
45:37 If you remember the scene where the pistols wouldn't fire which saved the Rabbi's life was done by the miscalibrated machinery done by Schindler.
This film is one of the hardest watches for anybody, but it is one of the most important films ever made. Sometimes you need to see the horrors of the past to learn from and grow. An absolute masterpiece and every cast member played their role to perfection.
"Now people beg for feet pics & nudes..." LOL, it takes a special talent to make someone laugh during "Schindler's list" without saying something wildly inappropriate. Well done, Ash!🏆
From the bottom of my heart, as a Jewish man, thank you for daring to watch this on your channel and for being so vulnerable. We cried together. May G-d bless you and keep you.
When she said she didn’t think anything could beat Green Mile for tears. I actually laughed out loud. I thought, you better have yours arms ready to comfort her the rest of the night. This movie will rip her heart in two.
You and me both the first time i watched this it got me. it took a couple watches of green mile to get me. Not to say it wasn't good but true stories about horror hit different
Spielberg was filming Schindler's List by day and editing Jurassic Park by night. Two masterpieces in one year, and one as gut-wrenching as this. No wonder he took the next 4 years off!
I’m polish. I remember watching this movie in middle school. Middle school. We would watch movies like this one as a part of our history classes. This history is so alive in this country, our grandparents or grand grandparents have lived through these times. It’s mad to think about. There’s been a lot of instances of other countries’ politicians calling the camps „polish death camps” and we fight every time to get the record straight that these were NOT polish camps, they were IN POLAND but never have they been made by the polish, they were GERMAN DEATH CAMPS ON POLISH LAND. We were occupied by Germany, and mamy polish people helped and sheltered jewish people, risking their own lives.
My father was a P.O.W. from Sept 43 until he escaped in June 44 he was held at Lambsdorf which was polish but German during the war now is polish again called Lambinowice, Polish are fine people then and now.
Germans were very harsh in Poland. One resistant could make the entire village dead if caught. My contry was occupied too but life was easy compared to you.
never heard anyone ever say that these camps were polish, it`s clear that they were german. Only because they are named "polnische Todeslager" doesn`t mean anyone here in germany is thinking they were build by polish people. We pretty well know our own history and we have faced it since decades.
I had the privilege of listening to a Holocaust survivors story at my university recently, her name is Esther Basch. It was one of the most emotional experiences of my life, it astounded me that humans are capable of that level of barbarism. It was extremely sobering.
Same for me, this was probably around 15 years ago now but I remember a holocaust survivor showing up at our school. I don't know if it was because I heard him live but I have never heard such a emotional story in my life. The school I went to was pretty wild but I do remember how respectful all the teenagers was when he told his story, I wish I could experience that again.
I am so pleased that you were so open and honest with your reactions. I saw this in the comfort of darkness in a theater filled with people. Had someone been watching me while I saw this, it would have tried to choke back all the tears.
fun fact, Spielberg was filming Schindler's List during the day and editing Jurassic Park at the night, and he did Jurassic Park only because the studio promised to him if he did it they were give to him the "ok" and the money to do Schindler's List.
I've endured this movie twice and i still cry with it when I see people react to it. It's so brilliantly directed and acted. Stephen Spielberg and his wife filmed some of this on actual camp locations and he said there were moments during the filming where they just sat down, held each others hands and wept. So intense and respectful at the same time to the survivors.
You two are such a cute couple. Something I noticed, that every time Hanna cries or gets upset, Ash immediately puts his arm around Hanna. That means that Ash TRULY LOVES YOU Hanna from the deepest recesses of his heart. The two of you should grow old together. . . :)
Fiennes is truly amazing in this. One of the original survivors saw him on set and had PTSD from the site of him, he apparently reminded her of him too much.
I just turned 18 when this film came out. It was my first R rated film to see in a theater. At the end, everyone stood up and gave it a standing ovation. It was the first time i saw people clapping in theaters. I will never forget that day and i will never forget this film.
Imagine the impact this film had on people (myself included) watching it in an actual movie theatre at the time of its premiere. I was so deeply shocked that I could not speak for hours...
This movie was so hard to make emotionally and spiritually for everyone involved. It's stated somewhere that Spielberg would call Robin Williams and put him on speaker phone to make the cast and crew laugh in between filming to keep spirits up because everyone cried during filming.
The shower part was the one scene that actually managed to give me a nightmare. No horror movie has ever done that to me. This movie should be an obligatory watch in schools all over the world
Agree so very much. And yet, some southern schools in America are trying to ban so much as teaching about the holocaust and other genocides. Proof that without the knowledge and teaching of history, it’s bound to repeat itself.
Well, if it was TRUE, Zyclon B would have stained the walls blue as a blueberry. Yet, SOMEHOW the only blue walls are in delousing intake areas. And WHO is dumb enough to buy people looking to kill you wouldn't just do it on the spot. They make this elaborate claim that war fuel was spent on transport trains. They revised the plaque outside one camp three times now cuz the numbers were hugely inflated.
I don't know if it's still lime that but from my school times I remember 8th grade students had mandatory school trip to Aushwitz concentration camp. We entered every building with guide who explained us what happened there, we saw the "shooting wall", crazy doc's office, he explained us how prisoners made "coffee", had to stand for hours with hands up, had to work on thin pajamas, we saw their bags their jewelry, we entered crematorium and he explained us how na*zi's "created" soaps for German people. We entered that camp with smiles on our faces like"oh next museum", when we left... 2h road trip in silence.
To put things in proper historical perspective, many Germans were NOT behaving this way towards Jews and were NOT supporting the NAZIs and their evil ideology. Watch some footage of the Germans in local towns around concentration camps being forced to view the death and suffering inside the camps immediately after the camps were liberated. Many of them were not really aware of the extent of the brutality against the Jews in the camps. Many others hated and opposed the NAZIs but were too scared to do anything to stop them.
"One more person." You can feel the emotion from it in your heart and his reaction after dropping the ring as he scurries to pick it up like he's dropped the most precious thing is absolutely beautiful. So much said with absolutely no words. I personally think Liam Neeson should have been the one to get the Oscar. Also, some films aren't what you'd call entertaining, but they are important. This is one of those films and everyone should see it.
Thank you guys for watching this movie and letting the world see your humanity in your reactions. It is one of the most valuable things we can do to fight the horrific potential in the nature of man, that still comes out in places around the world to this day, to show the opposite, the greatness of our compassion and empathy that is also possible. Thank you ,You’ve done a mitzvah today.
I don't know who decided to put you through this, but this movie will tear you into pieces. It's so worth watching, but even watching a reaction brings me to tears and leaves me with a headache from the strain. You two are phenomenal.
the two of you have turned into my favorite movie realters! You feel everything so passionately, from funny movies to sad movies and everything in between! Thank you! Anybody that doesn't react the way the two of you did, must be dead inside!
Thank you for this! A powerful reaction to a powerful film. Liam Neeson actually wanted to quite the film after the first days of filming because he was upset with the directing and thought Spielberg was micro-managing his every move too much and he had no freedom as an actor. He complained to Ben Kingsley (Izak) but he managed to convince him to stay on the project understanding how important of a film it will become.
Hannah is a empathetic person, so it's perfectly understandable why she has such a strong reaction to the evil of a man that isn't capable of even a sliver of empathy (Amon Göth).
Of all the reactor channels on RUclips…this was THE greatest reaction to any movie I’ve seen..thank you both for the journey through this Spielberg masterpiece ✌🏻
one of my favorite reviews from Ash is Team America, I immediately fell in love with this channel, of course its the total opposite of Schindler's List, but if you feel like laughing I recommend it, its just too funny
I saw this movie when it came out. Even today it still wrecks me. We as humans can be so cruel to each other. I will never understand how come we can’t all get along. Or just respect each other and live in peace.
Want to hear something really fucked up? Goeth had a mistress who grew old and died (by suicide) still thinking he was the love of her life -- such a wonderful romance. She had a daughter who struggled mentally after seeing "Schindler's List" (documentary "Inheritance" is on RUclips, I believe).
Thank you!!! You validated my feelings at the 14:30 mark. Of all the carnage and death we see during this film, it was the execution of the woman engineer that disturbed me and haunted me for YEARS after I saw this movie for the first time. He ordered that execution as though he was ordering a sandwich. That action alone told you of not only how evil he was, but how intense his hatred was. And yes, he was way more evil and vile then the movie showed him. Spielberg wisely knew it would be TOO much for an audience to take. The only "humorous" side note to this film is the fact that Spielberg had to literally DRAG Emilie Schindler to the Oskar's grave at the end of the film. She was the most vocal critic of the movie calling it "a complete lie" in how Schindler was portrayed. Yes, she was THAT bitter towards him to her dying day. I think that is why the scriptwriter wisely never told us Oskar Schindler's motive for doing what he did (did he REALLY save them because it was the right thing to do, or did he do it to save his own ass knowing they would turn on him when given the opportunity?). If this movie weren't so damn emotional and draining, I would watch it more times then I have (only 4 times in 30 years). Great job.
The scene that got me was the hospital scene where they gave them a mercy killing instead of the nazis brutally shooting them all down and that look of pride
I'm not sure how it is in other countries, but here in the United States, Schindler's List is mandatory viewing for most high school students. My European history class was shown this film near the end of the semester in my senior year. Myself and most of my classmates were 17 at the time. As someone who had already done quite a bit of studying and was very interested in history by that point, I understood what exactly the movie was going to be like and I was prepared for it. The greatness of it being mandatory viewing was that there were a large majority of my classmates who were absolutely unprepared and uneducated about what they were going to be seeing. It had a huge effect on a lot of people because it was the first time that those people were truly confronted with and forced to understand the reality of what happened in the Holocaust. Truly a fantastic film and I genuinely believe everyone should be made to watch it at some point in their lives whether they feel up to it or not. It's too important of a topic to go without truly understanding it.
Didn't know that. I'm an American, but I went to private school my whole life. We didn't have any mandatory viewing, but my school had us go to a lecture given by a Holocaust survivor and a teacher recommended that we watch Schindler's List on our own time. I assume many of your classmates were in tears while watching the film.
Sadly this movie was not on my list of mandatory films to watch in school. I had to watch it much later on by myself, as a kid who grew up with a love of history and a very mature understanding of the Second World War, and it brought me to tears.
'93 was the most competitive year for supporting actor performances on the big screen: 66th Oscar nominees = Ralph Fiennes (Schindler's List), Tommy Lee Jones (The Fugitive), John Malkovich (In the Line of Fire), Leonardo DiCaprio (What's Eating Gilbert Grape), Pete Postlethwaite (In the Name of the Father). Snubs = Ben Kingsley (Schindler's List), Val Kilmer (Tombstone), Sean Penn (Carlito's Way), certain actors in True Romance, etc... Amon Göth in this film is reportedly tamer than the real one b/c the latter was so monstrous that he came off as almost unbelievable. The modern trend in writing villains is to make their motivations understandable. You'll hear lots of cinema enthusiasts preach that making a one-dimensional antagonist who's just evil for the sake of evil and only cares for money is the wrong way to go. It's almost as if the film is trying to give Amon a character arc regarding power & attraction, as well as attempting to provide answers on why he is the way he is. Only for him to reject that exploration and immediately go back to the pleasure of violence. A reminder that monsters do exist in real life no matter if they're human. On the other end of the spectrum, there's Oskar Schindler's complexity. We sense that he's changing throughout the story, but it's never made explicit just how much prior to him actually making the list. For he has to be subtle about how he does things in the world that he's operating in.
_"Please, Lord. Help me get one more."_ ~Desmond Doss _"I could have gotten one more person."_ ~Oskar Schindler That one more. A truly good hero always thinks of that *_One More._*
I had the privilege of meeting Leo Rosner here in Melbourne many years ago. I find this movie SO hard to watch, but I think this movie should be watched by everyone, just like Ash says. I know many Jewish people today whose families were in the Holocaust and it makes me RAGE when I hear people try and deny that this actually happened. I’m 66 years old and whenever I watch the scene where Oscar breaks down and cries that he didn;t do enough, I cry like a baby. He did so much. Of course he couldn’t save everyone, but he did what he could and that’s always enough. I have visited Dachau concentration camp near Munich and spent a day there. I had read about the Holocaust and seen many documentaries, so I thought I would be well prepared for what I would experience going there. I was wrong. There are no words that can do justice to the feeling of standing in a gas chamber, or in front of the crematoria. I couldn’t speak for hours afterward. As hard as it is to watch movies like this, I firmly believce that we must force ourselves to watch them and show them to our children, so that this is NEVER forgotten, because if it ever is forgotten, it may happen again. WE MUST NOT LET THAT COME TO BE!
This is a movie that you never wanna watch, but it needs to be watched. I tend to watch this movie at least once a year. It's a reminder to always be kind to everyone. Edit: I feel so much for Hannah. It's a tough movie to watch. No need to apologize Hannah, this is a movie that doesn't need a lot of reaction in terms of speaking. Tears do all the reaction.
I actually enjoy watching this movie over again believe it or not! I think it is much more uplifting than people realize. Of course, scenes like the liquidation of the ghetto, the scenes at the labor camp, and Schindler’s final breakdown will always be heart wrenching to watch. But in my opinion the film as a whole is an enlightening experience and I feel good after watching it.
Watching Hannah making herself watch this movie was very moving. What a gutsy lady. Your commentary and your exchanges were really compelling. Thanks both.
As of May 2020, there are over 11 thousand descendants of the Schindlerjuden. I remember watching this in theaters over Christmas break. (I mean nothing says "Christmas" quite like Schindler's List, y'know?) and I think the entire audience stayed through the end credits, and walked out in complete silence. Spielberg said he wanted to make it feel more real, as if watching a documentary instead of a story. It certainly worked. This is not a movie, it is an experience. It's not as graphic or violent as other movies about WW2, but it's not really about the war, is it? With each act of brutality, it captures the "everyday" horrors that were happening behind the battlefields. Spielberg didn't pull his punches, either. It's raw, it's upsetting and it's extremely difficult to sit through, but I agree with you that it's disrespectful not to. Thank you for watching it. If you think you're even up for it, Spielberg is re-releasing it on Dec 7 to mark the 25th anniversary. (or at least it does in USA). I don't know if it'll be released internationally or not...I assume so... Anyway. This is going to be a long comment because holy fishsticks do I have SOME THOUGHTS.about.....everything... Here we go. After I watched this for the first time, it sparked what turns out to be a lifetime "interest" in the Holocaust and a quest for understanding. I had and still have many questions. I understand the how and the when but not the WHY. I visited the Holocaust museum in Washington DC and that was a whole other layer of WHY. The movie doesn't have as much of an impact when you're watching on youtube or on TV that it does on the big screen. All the brutality is right up in front of your face and you can't get away from it. And THAT doesn't have as much impact that it does when it's LITERALLY in front of your face. It was the piles of shoes and glasses that got me. Each one of those items was owned by a real person. A living, breathing human being who had held these items in their hands, worn day by day by day. Those items had belonged to people who had been murdered for WHY? The museum was hard to get through, too. But I had to. Which eventually led to me standing inside the concentration camp at Dachau. I climbed into the cattle cars, I saw the ovens....and more belongings to people who had died there for WHY? It is our duty as fellow human beings.to bear those people witness. The silent pleas to be acknowledged and remembered made even the air so heavy it was difficult to BREATHE. There were almost 800 people there. All I hear was footsteps. I don't think I'll ever understand the WHY.
The WHY is very complicated and yet not. Hitler didn't invent anything, he just took from German culture and made it into a machine. For a long time, I was afraid that if I understood the WHY (meaning looking at it from the Nazi point of view) that I would go into that dark place. Quite the opposite happened. I understood it and still have my humanity. The villain in a story never thinks he is the villain, he is the hero of his own story. People who followed Hitler TRULY believed that this was the best thing they could do to advance their society. Hitler was not crazy. Evil, oh my god yes,, but not crazy. He knew how to lead and surrounded himself with others like him. There are HOURS of video on RUclips about WHY this happened. I still feel almost no emotion when I think about the camps-I guess I'm shock. It's beyond my comprehension.
@@billd3356 He definitely was not crazy, not until the last days of his life, that is. If he was a madman, he wouldn't have had the conscience to manipulate an entire nation
As to the WHY… I recommend a visit to the Holocaust museum in Berlin. It has floors dedicated to the deep, thousand-year old Christian hatred of the Jews for “killing Christ”, the seeds of which were planted in the book of revelation. The German Martin Luther’s antisemitism was virulent. Nazi propaganda was full of it. Look up “blood libel” and how the the lies of QAnon echo this ancient hatred. Of course there were other factors but this is the most overlooked
@sianne79 Good people can't understand why bad people enjoy hurting innocent people. Kinda 'funny' that I never really asked myself 'why'. Even though I'm German. And German kids grow up learning everything about the Holocaust. Even in elementary school we start learning about it. And I remember the first novel I read when I finally new all the letters of the alphabet was a book about a girl during the holocaust. I read Mein Kampf when I was in elementary school. And my parents visited Ausschwitz and Dachau with me when I was I elementary school. And when I was ~11-12 years old and was an exchange student in the Netherlands, other kids and adults treated me shitty because I was getting. Some kids even physically harmed me. And even though it hurt me and confused me, deep down I thought I must deserve it. Because Germans get that guilt put onto them. Nowadays I don't think I have to feel guilty. I didn't do anything. It's not guilt we have to feel. It's responsibility. We are responsible to not let that happen again. I had the privilege to talk to survivors who visited our school. I also had the privilege to have relatives I could talk to. But it's so interesting how Germans still don't dare to be proud of being a German. If you have a German flag in your yard, people will think you're a nazi. But yeah, I never really asked myself WHY. I always accepted that there are bad people who enjoy hurting others. That explained the WHY to me. And I guess there isn't a better explanation.
I cry so many times whenever I watch this movie, but there's something about Schindler telling the Rabbi to prepare for the Sabbath that makes me absolutely weep. It's one of the most beautiful moments of any movie I've ever seen. That scene with Schindler saying he could've saved more is up there too, of course.
For me it is the most powerful scene, where Schindler more or less instructed the rabbi to prepare for the Sabbath. For me he was acknowledging and respecting the workers as humans with a religion and in this terrible situation he mildly 'ordered' them to keep their moral and religious standards.
The only movie to put a value on a life "One more person" Still destroys me Spielberg refused to accept a check for the movie, and paid out of his pocket to have them flown to the grave marker. He became so depressed filming it, Robin Williams would call "he is the only man who could make me laugh, 10 feet from a death camp"
My granddad was 13 when the German army rolled through his town in Torun, Poland. I wouldn't be here today if he hadn't survived and came to live in the UK. It breaks my heart even more that he had to change his surname from Lewandowski to Lawson due to rampant xenophobia. I respect and love you both so much more for sitting through this film, as harrowing as it is. We should never forget.
@penderyn8794 I didn't mean to suggest that the racism in the UK was on par with Nazi Germany. It just saddens me that he went through what he did, came to the UK, lied about his age (he was very tall) in order to join the army and went back to Europe to fight; only to be treated so badly in Yorkshire that he felt the need to anglicise his name. He and his 3 Polish comrades only received recognition from our Government in the late 80s/early 90s. What happened to your grandmother is truly awful. I hope she persevered and kept on speaking Welsh
One of two movies that I have seen that when people were leaving when it was finished no one made a sound except for crying. The other was "Saving Private Ryan."
As soon as I saw the movie title, I felt so sorry for poor Hanna! I saw this in theaters when it was first released and it still holds the record for the most tears shed during a movie for me. I have made all of my kids watch it followed by extensive conversation. You were absolutely correct when you said it doesn't even feel like a movie. 😢
I’m proud of you for making it through this. I know it’s a very hard film to watch as it’s so brutally real, but I truly believe everybody needs to see it at some point in their life, if only to be a reminder to never allow this to happen again. One of the best films ever made, and one that most people never want to watch again.
Poor Hannah. This movie is probably one of the toughest film ever to watch for anyone, let alone someone who feels so emphatically like Hannah. But unfortunately, it is a must watch for everyone because we must never forget what had taken place in our sorry past so that we will never repeat it ever again. And that unfortunately is the hard truth. It's okay Hannah. As a human being I wept alongside with you both while following your reaction to this masterpiece. Have a great rest of the year you guys.
I appreciate your humanity. The complexity of good when taken in the context of history (Schindler himself being just as complex a human being, who balanced a life of selfishness and mismanagement with one of the most singularly spectacular good deeds in recorded history, is an excellent example), is always an object lesson worth revisiting. As often as possible. Thank you both for having good hearts. I keep coming back to your channel simply because of this.
46:53 is an often overlooked detail. Every single one of the Nazi soldiers who were left to "dispose of the camp" were either boys or old men, because by 1945 essentially every prime age man in Germany had died. Hitler literally sent out 15 year old boys to die at that point.
little bit over exaggerated, as the number of dead german soldiers was pretty low in comparison to the population. But yes, most of them were already fighting, captured or wounded.
ive been waiting for this for such a long time, you guys just made my day!! edit: this movie is actually insane, liam neesons portrayal of schindlers change in mind is absolutely perfect
It took me 5 times to watch this movie till the end. The reactions of the girl in this video are genuine, she's so courageous to have watched until the end 🫶
Hanna going 100% full fledged Robert Deniro at 32:08 is exactly what I needed to end my week beautifully lol Thanks @donttrusthannah And Hanna, you shouldn't feel bad about the bad things you said about Schindler in the beginning of the movie. Everything you said was absolutely true at that point in the movie. He was a money hungry prideful POS. His view & motives only changed later, after actually witnessing the horror of the situation. When he was faced with the moment of truth, as we all are at many times in your lives, he chose right and the moral compass that likely was always there (just never tested), came to the forefront.
I love this pair. It was so nice to see Ash affected so deeply. I was expecting some tears from both, but the final scene of Schindler crying - it was so great to see how it hit this young man.
Your reaction is so authentic and emotional to watch this again. Thank you both. There seems to be little to be proud of in the UK, but knowing there are others with such empathy is great comfort.
ruclips.net/video/dRgE6ld6WVM/видео.html We remember the names of the unfeeling, the barbarous, yet the names of the humanity within the carnage are largely forgotten.
Goeth was a monster. The “I pardon you” scene showed a little bit of how much of a murderous psychopath he was. Then, add in the “after the war if you need a reference” part showing how much of a disconnected sociopath he was. The scary part is a large part of the character here, despite this aspect being factual, is a symbol for all of the monsters in the SS, and sadly there were many, many, more in line behind him. I honestly don’t know how Spielberg managed to make it through making this one, he had to feel like vomiting all the time.
He would talk to Robin Williams most nights to distract him and help him laugh. Everyone,cast & crew had rough times filming this but felt it was important work.
Poor brave Hannah, you made it! Thanks for this lovely and respectful reaction to one of the greatest movies ever. I am so glad I grew up with this movie as a german in Germany. It is ahown in schools here as well, not in mine tho. Steven Spielberg and the entire crew did such an amazing job. And Hannah, do not blame yourself, they did not show Schindler as a hero right away, they showed him like he was. And then what he became. One day I will visit his growing tree in Israel and his grave. Just because I have to. I have also visited Buchenwald camp, need to see Auschwitz at some point. Great reaction, timeless masterpiece as you said. 😇
I was shown this movie when I was 11 in elementary and my teacher brought in a holocaust survivor. I still remember her story to this day. It was burnt into my brain. It was insane
@@jduncanandroid every race has faced genocide at some point....the only reason u are constantly reminded of this is cuz of Jewish elites and their influence in media and banking
Goeth's granddaughter wrote a book titled 'My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me." (Or something similar to that.) She was German/Nigerian and didn't know who her grandfather was until she was in her late 20s or early 30s. Absolute fascinating.
I am glad that you both were able to make it through this. Glad in the sense that I think it is important that everyone watch this movie at least once. I have several comments. First, the most terrifying moment for me is not the liquidation of the ghetto, not the shower scene, not even the children being sent to certain death, all of which are gut-wrenching. To me, the most terrifying moment is when Goeth is shooting innocent people from his balcony for fun. Specifically, it is his girlfriend's reaction. She wakes up from the noise to see her boyfriend murdering people, and what upsets her is the fact that he is disturbing her sleep. It is that kind of thinking that is horrifying. Second, you both repeatedly discussed the effects that the mass killings must have been having on the soldiers who committed them. While I have no sympathy for those murderers, the terrible effects on their mental health was actually one of the reasons that the Nazis started using gas on a large scale. They determined that it was far less personal to kill someone by locking them in a room than looking them in the eye and pulling the trigger. Finally, to answer Hannah’s question towards the end about why Schindler didn’t go back to making pots. At this point, the Jews that he saved were supposed to be sent to Auschwitz. He needed a reason that would justify keeping them alive. Using them to build tank shells made sense because those were needed for the war effort. Pots on the other hand were not. Schindler had to keep up the charade that he was devoted to a Nazi victory and that was how he did it. I hope you both hugged each other and your families after watching this. Watching some comedies is also helpful.
I have two little girls. One of whom is the same age as the little girl in the red coat. This movie broke me on so many levels every time I watch it going back to when I was shown it in history class in high school. This video is my favorite reaction to this movie, rivaling the German woman who did a reaction, translated all the German script and was screaming and crying by the end.
I know this was from 7 months ago, but this is my third time watching this. I've been a subscriber for a while and watch EVERY video both on your and Hannah's channel, but for you to tackle a movie this heavy is very unique and that why it brings me back bc it's such a beautiful movie and such a raw reaction. I truly love you guys. Now PLEASE, for ALL of us, react to the harry potter return to hogwarts reunion video. It will be GOLD and I can't believe you haven't with how much you love Harry Potter
I am proud of Hannah. I had the same reaction when I first watched this, but it is an important film so we do not forget. History books cannot relate the human horror or the loss. It is so vital that we remember how easily this happened so it does not happen again. We cannot look away form what these people went through. That little girl in the red coat was to connect us to the indiividual. Hugs to Hannah.
As hard as it is to sit through this movie, I think you both did an amazing job. And this is definitely one of those movies that everyone needs to see at least once in their lifetime just so it's clear how horrible things really were during WW2
So proud of you guys! Thanks for watching this important piece of Film! I am a subscriber from Germany and this Film is a must here and important for undestanding the past autrocities. Just so you guys know Germany is very modern now and really does "Vergangenheitsbewältigung" ( to recap the past history in a healthy way, kind of) very well! Greetings from Germany Love you Two!
In Japan they do their very best to not let the children in school learn about the war atrocities they committed during WW2. It’s gotten to the point that if you ask a modern Japanese young adult don’t even know what happened during WW2 or just have a very vague notion of what happened. Hell some government officials even flat out deny Japan participation of WW2. History should never be forgotten or we would be bound to repeat it again.
There's a theory that the reason both guns failed is because the way Goth treats his weapons was like trash, and inside, was dirt and grit stopping the pin from igniting the shell properly. Which makes sense since he doesn't have to do anything remotely to cleaning anything up in his life because of the house maids, prisoners, and his guards doing all of the grunt work. He's always drunk, so I wouldn't be surprised if sticky moisture got in there to.
"I could have got one more person, and I didn't!" That line will never fail to utterly destroy me. RIP Herr Schindler, and bless you.
The part when they are like "we should drink now because who knows" absolutely breaks me every single time but that ending is just the guaranteed waterworks every damn time.
Same. I’ve seen this movie so many times and I still get destroyed every time Liam Neisen says “I could of got nore” and then when I see all the stones on Oskar Schindler’s grave at the end.
😢reading that gives me chills
..and when he starts noticing the useless symbols of status he could have sold for more ppls lives, his devastaion - ugh tears every time
Oskar Schindler learned the hard way, and did the right thing.
Not many figures from history have had the courage to swim against the tide and do the right thing so bravely.
Ralph Feinnes was so realistic as Amon Goeth that the actual survivors were horrified at how real he portrayed Goeth
She couldn't look at him
She had a whole mental breakdown
They also toned down how evil he actually was because they were afraid the audience wouldn't believe it.
He is a great actor. The English Patient, Harry Potter, this one....
@@sorinturle4599 The Menu
“We’re actually just watching a horror movie that actually happened”- You nailed the whole reason this movie HAD to be made.
And now!
Especially now
I've been noticing more and more anti Jewish hatred over the last few years
@@joeladams2540 working hard tonight?
Amen!!
@@joeladams2540 translation: "I have no idea what is happening in the world" keep watching Disney and leave geopolitics for the grownups, there is no real rise in antisemitism going on right now, it's just an excuse to avoid admitting that a new holocaust is going on; just like what Hitler did with regards to the armenian genocide; people like you don't really care about anybody but europeans...
The horrific thing about these events is that they were way more violent and barbaric than the film can safely depict. One of the worst events in human history.
Not even a hundred years ago. So fucked.
The Nazi murdered other people too but the Jewish people got the worst of them all.
It might be bad to say but i wish there was a movie about the eastern front
Yes, thanks for pointing that out. I think it's important to let younger generations know: This ACTUALLY happened!
I mean, it's not technically a documentary, but as you said, you don't wanna see a documentary from those events....
@@tokejoker1261you can check “come and see”. the horrific movie about belarus in ww2, but there's no eng dub. however, you can try to find subtitles.
You better let Hannah watch a happy movie soon lol
“LIFE AINT HAPPY” Said the History Nerd, LARPing as an old man.
Fr 💀
Lmao yeah mentally I don't think she's prepared to deal with just how cold the world is and how our modern empires & countries were built.
The world is a cruel and evil place. I suggest they watch Paddington Bear or a Pixar movie or something at this point
How about "Life is Beautiful" by Roberto Begnini. ;)
IV been asking every reactor to do this.. yes I get the irony of it being a reply to this comment but what an all time classic
"To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time" -Elie Weisel. As hard as this is to watch it is so so important , love this film. Thanks for the reaction 🖤
There are no movies about the 10s of millions of Christians genocided by the Bolsheviks.
Did you see what took place in the Canadian parliament this week? An actual veteran of the SS was given two standing ovations because he is a Ukrainian who fought against the Russians in WW2.
The allies fought the Nazis and the Soviet Union was the main reason we defeated them.
Ukraine raised three divisions of SS to fight the Russians on the German side.
@@helmethead72 check out Operation Paperclip on Wikipedia. It was a secret United States intelligence program in which more than 1,600 German Rocket scientists ( Some Were Nazis) engineers, and technicians were taken from the former Nazi Germany to the U.S. for government employment. The Head Of NASA was Former Nazi Werner Von Braun who directed the Saturn V project that landed the 1st men on the Moon!
Nazi Germany bombed Allied Cities in WW2 with V2 Rockets. It was the first artificial object to travel into space.
And that quote it the reason I am a WW2/Holocause buff...regardless of people telling me I am too obsessed with need to know more and more about why this happened.
As awful as Goeth was portrayed in this movie, Spielberg actually toned him down as he didn’t think people would believe just how evil and vile he really was.
The only toning down i saw, was when he sniped jews from the balcony.
The real Goeth would wear his "Tyrolerhat", a particular Hunters cap from his native Austria when he would snipe Jews from his balcony, because he considered them animals. The older prisoners would know that this meant that it was literally open season for anyone who didn't move fast enough.
All the other things he does in the movie happened as well, and isn't toned down, because these cases were brought before him as evidence at his trial, and is a matter of public record.
Spielberg "just" left out the absurdly gruesome things he did, like letting his two dogs tear prisoners to death, or shooting a cook to death because the soup served, was too hot.
@@henrikvridstoft2774 I guess we have two different definitions of “toned down”, because my definition essentially includes leaving more heinous things out. He toned down the entirety of the character of the man a bit, not specific actions.
@TheHcjfctc That's a fair point.
I see the atrocities that Goeth commits as a greater narrative that connects to Schindler through Stern putting those that has come too close to Goeth (first the rabbi, then the orphan) into Schindler's factory.
I do not know for instance which (if any) Jews were given "sanctuary" in Schindler's factory, in regards to Goeth setting his dogs on prisoners for example.
@@henrikvridstoft2774I guess it would have taken a Tarantino to include the Candy-style dog tearing executions.
Even though it happened, an audience can only take that much cruelty and brutality. They would just shut themselves down, as a protective mechanism. That is why you need to serve the brutality in adequate doses to keep the effect.
It was important that the audience should reach the end of the movie, to complete that journey because there are important lessons and messages to take from this period.
Had the horrors not been toned down the audience wouldn't bear it and would probably leave the theatre, or disbelieve it because of how extreme it really was.
There is an interesting video here on youtube showing the reactions of Germans as they left the theatre after watching this movie when it first came out. Their reactions speak volumes, even toned down this movie is hard to bear and process emotionally.
The girl in the red coat - symbolizes how such an atrocity happened, in broad daylight, that the world ignored the murder of millions.
Powerful.
Well I guess it does that too. But the girl's purpose in the story is to show us the exact moment at which Schindler's change of heart is complete, and he decides to make the list (a decision inspired by her death). She's colored red so that the audience can keep up with her from the first time Schindler sees her to the last time when he sees her lying dead amongst the other bodies. That is the pivotal moment in the film.
The killing of one is a tragedy the killing of millions becomes a statistic. Speilberg used the girl in the red coat to reconnect the audience to the individuals who died.
It’s also something that apparently Schindler himself witnessed. He saw a girl in a red coat walking about during the liquidation of the ghetto and everyone just seemed to ignore her. Spielberg latched onto that as a symbol that would run through the movie.
The world ignored the murder of millions? You do realise most of Europe or should I say the allies went to war against the Nazis? FFS another person trying to make a clever comment on RUclips trying to say the world ignored it...
Learn your fucking history
We had a survivor from a camp visit our school in the 90s. He told us they made them eat saw dust and kiss the ground they walked on literally. He told us his wife tells him he wakes up screaming without realizing it. He told us the reason he's doing this is so the horror never happens again. I'll never forget that day everyone was crying and just in shock
I met a lady who survived 6 years in the camps. She still had the tattoo on her arm. She was remarkably happy. Concentration camp survivors were often like this because they had learned to view life in a different way after the experience.
I've never met a holocaust survivor, but if I did, the first thing I'd do is hug them. I've been telling myself that for years.
A little for Ash, who loves Robin Williams : during the shooting of this film, the subject being so hard and depressing, Spielberg made a point to have a call with Robin Williams from time to time so the comedian could ramble and joke for 30 minutes via phone (while being put on speaker) or so in order to entertain the cast and the whole movie crew and to ligthen up the mood of everyone on set.
Robin Williams portrayed a Jew in the Warsaw ghetto during World War 2 in a movie called "Jacob The Liar". Great movie.
Schindlers breakdown about wanting to save “Just one more” is still to this day one of the greatest emotional scenes in film. Neeson’s acting is fucking incredible and it brings me to tears without fail. Hands down the single most important film in human history and very important nowadays as this heinous ideology has been rearing its despicable head again.
It's that one line from Stern that always gets me; feels like a punch in the chest.
"Oskar, there are eleven hundred people who are alive because of you, look at them."
The "Just one more" is also meant to be a reference to the little girl in the red coat...
Too bad USA never cared about saving one of the 10s of millions of Christians who were genocided by Bolsheviks. They don't even get propaganda movies.
And it will,
Again
and again
and again.......
@@henrikvridstoft2774he says so much with the way his face changes as he remembers them wheeling her body.
This movie should be played in every high school in the world. Not so we just don't forget, but a reminder to not sit by and let evil happen
The liberal left are today's nazis
We actually did watch this when I was in high school. I hope that's the case elsewhere as well. Never again.
My Niece watched this at school in my time at school we watched "The Day after" in Germany. Schindlers List came out 10 years later. Kids in Germany are educated on these subjects and terrible events from the holocaust. It´s not this generation´s fault what happened but it is their perrogative to never let it happen again.
My mom actually took me to see this in theaters when I was 9. Definitely wasn't old enough to see it.
And we did watch it in high school later on.
It's Hollywood propaganda, not fit for real history class.
I was afraid Hannah would literally stop watching. The power of this movie is in its truth. As unbelievable as it is, history is full of man's inhumanity to man. Never forget.
Beautifully heartbreaking comment. 💔
People that lived this couldn't just turn off the Tv.
There were a couple of time where I thought she would just get up and leave. Part of the power of the movie is that people far into the future will be able to watch it and see their parents, their kids, their friends, and themselves reflected back at them. Yes, it is a story involving unthinkable and evil things, but it also humanizes the people who had to go though it. These are not our great-grandparents, they are us.
@@KevinSchmitt77..and what’s happening between Israeli and Palestinians?
@@johnO21 Well the Israelis were attacked by the Arabs/Palestinians and lost and now wonder why sections are occupied.
It's a hard watch but so important. There are people who still support what the Nazis did. There are people that claim this never happened. We have to remember, and we still have to fight against evil. Love you two.
FREE PALESTINE
Can't believe that people actually claim none of it ever happened or even that the numbers of victims were way lower. While I do find a lack of representation of other groups having been oppressed and killed by the nazis, it doesn't change the fact that Jews have suffered the most and it's in no way a justification diminishing the crimes done by Nazi Germany. On the contrary, it only shows that there were even more victims than the 6 million Jews.
@@kanex2978Palastine and Isreal is a whole different topic and has nothing to do with World War 2. So take that somewhere else, please.
Fight against evil, we fought along side evil in the form of the Soviets. They killed millions but that gets swept under the rug, no one like to mention that part.
Those people are idiots.
As a decendant of a Schindler Jew...This was easily the most horrifyingly genuine reaction I've ever seen. I mean that in a good way. You've set the gold standard on how this movie and its topic should rightfully be approached. Well done, kids. Well done. ❤ 🖖
On a side note....we have indeed THRIVED. There are 33 of us now from my grandmother. She was one of the typists/secretaries he hired in that scene...but in real life. Moved to America, met my grandfather in NYC, and this is why I'm able to be here today to tell their story. G-D bless you two. ❤
@@indyracingnut I am glad u are alive. The gift of life he made possible, something so powerful. God bless you all. Ciao dall' Italia!
LOVE THAT THE JEWs are seen in a positive light lately especially with the palestinians
I cried multiple times
At the end of the film it erroneously says more than 6 million Jews were murdered.
I guess their adding all the Jewish Soldiers who died fighting the Nazis.
Schindler’s List is a cinematic masterpiece that not only educates, but also serves as a powerful reminder of the horrors of the Holocaust. It's ability to evoke empathy, provoke introspection, and inspire change is a testament to the film’s enduring legacy. It is a rare gem that combines artistic brilliance, historical significance, and a profound message of compassion, reminding us of the importance of standing against injustice and preserving the dignity of all humanity.
.. and comes the conflict of the Middle East, try telling them this ..seems like they forgot
@@johnO21 Yes, the world needs to stand up to Iran, who's continuous rhetoric is the destruction of the state of Israel.
sounds like you got that from another source tbh..
@@jasonturner2206. Just know how to write my friend... Been doing it for years...
@@johnO21 Palestine....
I grew up in Germany and we watched this as a special screening in a cinema, when we were leaning about the third Reich. I somehow made it to the end of the movie without getting physically ill, but two days later whilst writing a report about one of the death camps i came across a list with names and numbers and how they had been killed. I literally broke down. I had recurring nightmares for months afterwards.... The only one who had it worse in my class was a friend of mine who actually came across a picture of his grandfather in SS uniform.
I was only a teenager (13 or 14 years old) at that time, but I will never forget what i did learn about the powers of indoctrination, propaganda and hate. It was pretty painful, but I do think it made me a better human with my own personal understanding of right and wrong and that some things just cannot be tolerated.
Thank you for your reaction. I am sure you will carry the memories of this movie with you for a long time.
I am sure someone else will comment on all the behind the scenes stuff like "it had to be toned down" or "Ralph Fiennes looked so much like Amon Göth, that one of the survivors had a breakdown and he broke character and tried to comfort her " ....
Not getting popcorn ready for this one, but getting some tissues and water
Awesome comment, I appreciate it.
In my opinion, World Wars are joined when there are lots of bad people to go around, not just Hitler,not just Hirohito. I have a speech of Hitler's declaration of war on America and Roosevelt, and much of what he said was true. The American Globalists also triggered the Japanese economically as well.
I'm hoping we as humans can do better by learning of our past. Hopefully we can make a difference. Greetings from Switzerland 🇨🇭
I am from Germany too and we also watched the movie in cinema when I was in school. Afterwards we visited the ruins of Dachau Camp, a smaller one. Must have been pure Horror.
There are a series of interviews with Holocaust survivors by the Shoah Foundation and they even more ghastly than the movie. One woman worked in Goeths villa and she tells you how he was far worse than he was here.
As a German we had to watch this movie with our whole grade when I was in 9th grade (14-15 y/o). It was mandatory to watch it, and you weren't allowed to miss out on it with a parents note like it used to be with normal field trips or movie events. Our school even rented a small cinema for that, so we got the whole experience with the gunshots with surround sound.
It was really hard to watch, especially with the contexts that we had learned and would continue to discuss in history lessons after the movie. A few students had to go out to take a few deep breaths
As someone with PTSD, I would've probably changed schools or something. We had to watch a colonisation-movie (I'm Dutch) and whenever someone says 'slavery' I still hear the screaming of the raped slaves in my head. I was 12 when we watched the movie. I don't know, I fully understand that it is important, but I would've given people the option of writing a 50-page story on the war instead, without using wikipedia-excerpts.
Youknow, for the kids that genuienly did not want to see it, or descendants of jews that have already heard the horrors from Grandma.
Germany is brainwashed 😂
@@AxiKUR We are just not careless.
@@AxiKURwhat the heck are you talking about? We learn about our past and don't deny it
Yeah, we should never forget what socialism really is.
History books are full with examples: Germany (including GDR after WW2), Russia, Kambodscha, Cuba, China (until today), North Korea (until today) ... ...
It is always the same result: poverty, censorship, camps, violence against one's own population, war and in the end poverty and hunger.
Unfortunately, this ideology will probably never die out because it sounds good in theory and young people in particular fall for it.
Steven Spielberg intentionally left out the worst incidents of brutality committed by Goeth because he thought people would think it was exaggerated.
When real survivors who knew Amon encountered Ralph, dressed in character, they physically shook in terror. He was too convincing, and it brought them back into the horrific moments of their past.
At 36:27, you did the most natural thing, you had to cover your eyes. A friend of mine, who is a big tough rugby guy was on the Westminster bridge when a terrorist ploughed into tourists, he found it extremely traumatic but all he could do when it was happening was cover his eyes.... He was also a hero a rushed an injured woman to hospital. This moment just reminds me how human we are.
The thing about the pain of this sort of thing is that the people who died deserve to be remembered no matter how horrifying it is. Because the horror they endured is far worse than the act of remembering some of humanity's greatest failures. It's the least we can do. Thanks for sticking with it Hannah.
@Ambander oh check out the edge lord over here… What makes people like you believe that the coolest thing in the world to be is someone devoid of all humanity?
@Ambander So brave behind your anonymity. Shame on you. May God punish you.
@Ambander the germans are much harder today against nazis than many other countries. Look at the US, the republicans are using the same playbook as the nazis did in the 30's. Demonising marginalised groups like lgbtqi people, banning books etc. And all over europe rightwing parties are gaining power. But the followers refuse to edmit what they are voting for. Back then no one knew what this would lead too, know we all know but people just turn a blinde eye to it.
@Ambander Cringe
@Dio-xo9rv wow, imagine being so miserable that you have to leave this type of comments in order to have some attention.
I remember when this was released, my school made it a point to take us to see it. Imagine a bunch of teenagers on a class trip to the movies, but every single one of us, teachers included , were Silent and in tears . This is something that everyone needs to see. Especially such sensitive people, myself included, because it needs to never be forgotten. Sadly and moreso Disappointedly This Hatred still persists .
Our high school did the same thing - in North Dakota! I don't think any North Dakota community nowadays would allow such a school trip, but in the 1990's, people had more common sense. The film is tough to watch, but worth well worth it. Genocide still happens, and people turn a blind eye.
@Ambander did u knew, its actual illegal over here in germany to deny this stuff happened? you know why? because it did happen and people like you are so arrogant to believe they know history better then the people that actual survived it? like the persons that were shown at the end of the movie?
Same. My school went and the silence was so heavy...as an empath I was inconsolable
best thing I was ever taught in history class was when we watched this........... it shows how quickly society can bend and twist people to hate their neighbors overnight. We saw a glimpse of it during covid. Fear and hatred made people look at their friends as "the enemy" because they chose not to stand in line and get a jab and bothered to ask "why"........
@Ambander what are you talking about numpty!? You're not human if you don't have empathy for the victims of the holocaust.
45:37 If you remember the scene where the pistols wouldn't fire which saved the Rabbi's life was done by the miscalibrated machinery done by Schindler.
This film is one of the hardest watches for anybody, but it is one of the most important films ever made. Sometimes you need to see the horrors of the past to learn from and grow. An absolute masterpiece and every cast member played their role to perfection.
We've seen enough of holocaust suffering, the 10s of millions of Christians genocided by Bolsheviks need to be known as well
"Now people beg for feet pics & nudes..." LOL, it takes a special talent to make someone laugh during "Schindler's list" without saying something wildly inappropriate. Well done, Ash!🏆
😂😂😂 love you mate
Jerry Seinfeld was Making-Out watching "Shindler's List"!
@@jamesalexander5623 During the whole review I couldn't get that episode out of my head. To Jerry this is a make-out movie! Ha
people can't always walk about wearing sack cloths and ashes.
Facts 😂😂😂 well done ash, well done
From the bottom of my heart, as a Jewish man, thank you for daring to watch this on your channel and for being so vulnerable. We cried together. May G-d bless you and keep you.
But not the people in Gaza. Ah sure
@@Alderite I'm not sure I understand your comment or the relevance to the film.
@@noahgoldsworthy1159 It sure is very relevant to the present times. the same people your government are doing rght now
@@Alderite my government?
When she said she didn’t think anything could beat Green Mile for tears. I actually laughed out loud. I thought, you better have yours arms ready to comfort her the rest of the night. This movie will rip her heart in two.
You and me both the first time i watched this it got me. it took a couple watches of green mile to get me. Not to say it wasn't good but true stories about horror hit different
I just came from their reaction to Requiem for a Dream (mt favourite film of all time), and she bawled her eyes out for that one too :)
"That little girl's alone. She hasn't even got her mum" - That really got me in the feels 🥲
Spielberg was filming Schindler's List by day and editing Jurassic Park by night. Two masterpieces in one year, and one as gut-wrenching as this. No wonder he took the next 4 years off!
I’m polish. I remember watching this movie in middle school. Middle school. We would watch movies like this one as a part of our history classes. This history is so alive in this country, our grandparents or grand grandparents have lived through these times. It’s mad to think about.
There’s been a lot of instances of other countries’ politicians calling the camps „polish death camps” and we fight every time to get the record straight that these were NOT polish camps, they were IN POLAND but never have they been made by the polish, they were GERMAN DEATH CAMPS ON POLISH LAND. We were occupied by Germany, and mamy polish people helped and sheltered jewish people, risking their own lives.
My father was a P.O.W. from Sept 43 until he escaped in June 44 he was held at Lambsdorf which was polish but German during the war now is polish again called Lambinowice, Polish are fine people then and now.
Germans were very harsh in Poland. One resistant could make the entire village dead if caught. My contry was occupied too but life was easy compared to you.
As a german. i have never heard them beeing talked about as "polish death camps" and i hope i never will.
never heard anyone ever say that these camps were polish, it`s clear that they were german. Only because they are named "polnische Todeslager" doesn`t mean anyone here in germany is thinking they were build by polish people.
We pretty well know our own history and we have faced it since decades.
prussia isn´t polish so not really
I had the privilege of listening to a Holocaust survivors story at my university recently, her name is Esther Basch. It was one of the most emotional experiences of my life, it astounded me that humans are capable of that level of barbarism. It was extremely sobering.
Same for me, this was probably around 15 years ago now but I remember a holocaust survivor showing up at our school. I don't know if it was because I heard him live but I have never heard such a emotional story in my life. The school I went to was pretty wild but I do remember how respectful all the teenagers was when he told his story, I wish I could experience that again.
Do not forget Stalin and also the colonialism by the englishmen. I do not start with slavery and the native americans :)
@@Philmaster07what’s that got to do with this . There are still survivors from the holocaust . It was very recent .
I am so pleased that you were so open and honest with your reactions. I saw this in the comfort of darkness in a theater filled with people. Had someone been watching me while I saw this, it would have tried to choke back all the tears.
fun fact, Spielberg was filming Schindler's List during the day and editing Jurassic Park at the night, and he did Jurassic Park only because the studio promised to him if he did it they were give to him the "ok" and the money to do Schindler's List.
I've endured this movie twice and i still cry with it when I see people react to it. It's so brilliantly directed and acted. Stephen Spielberg and his wife filmed some of this on actual camp locations and he said there were moments during the filming where they just sat down, held each others hands and wept. So intense and respectful at the same time to the survivors.
You two are such a cute couple. Something I noticed, that every time Hanna cries or gets upset, Ash immediately puts his arm around Hanna. That means that Ash TRULY LOVES YOU Hanna from the deepest recesses of his heart. The two of you should grow old together. . . :)
Fiennes is truly amazing in this. One of the original survivors saw him on set and had PTSD from the site of him, he apparently reminded her of him too much.
I just turned 18 when this film came out. It was my first R rated film to see in a theater. At the end, everyone stood up and gave it a standing ovation. It was the first time i saw people clapping in theaters. I will never forget that day and i will never forget this film.
When I saw it, nobody stood up. The entire theatre just sat in their seats. The only sound you could hear in the room was sobbing.
Imagine the impact this film had on people (myself included) watching it in an actual movie theatre at the time of its premiere.
I was so deeply shocked that I could not speak for hours...
This movie was so hard to make emotionally and spiritually for everyone involved. It's stated somewhere that Spielberg would call Robin Williams and put him on speaker phone to make the cast and crew laugh in between filming to keep spirits up because everyone cried during filming.
I read that one of the actors got into a fight with one of the locals who told him that killing the Jews was a good thing.
The shower part was the one scene that actually managed to give me a nightmare. No horror movie has ever done that to me. This movie should be an obligatory watch in schools all over the world
Agree so very much. And yet, some southern schools in America are trying to ban so much as teaching about the holocaust and other genocides. Proof that without the knowledge and teaching of history, it’s bound to repeat itself.
Well, if it was TRUE, Zyclon B would have stained the walls blue as a blueberry. Yet, SOMEHOW the only blue walls are in delousing intake areas.
And WHO is dumb enough to buy people looking to kill you wouldn't just do it on the spot.
They make this elaborate claim that war fuel was spent on transport trains.
They revised the plaque outside one camp three times now cuz the numbers were hugely inflated.
I don't know if it's still lime that but from my school times I remember 8th grade students had mandatory school trip to Aushwitz concentration camp. We entered every building with guide who explained us what happened there, we saw the "shooting wall", crazy doc's office, he explained us how prisoners made "coffee", had to stand for hours with hands up, had to work on thin pajamas, we saw their bags their jewelry, we entered crematorium and he explained us how na*zi's "created" soaps for German people. We entered that camp with smiles on our faces like"oh next museum", when we left... 2h road trip in silence.
You guys are right. This is an actual horror film. The lack of humanity is unbearable.
To put things in proper historical perspective, many Germans were NOT behaving this way towards Jews and were NOT supporting the NAZIs and their evil ideology. Watch some footage of the Germans in local towns around concentration camps being forced to view the death and suffering inside the camps immediately after the camps were liberated. Many of them were not really aware of the extent of the brutality against the Jews in the camps. Many others hated and opposed the NAZIs but were too scared to do anything to stop them.
"One more person."
You can feel the emotion from it in your heart and his reaction after dropping the ring as he scurries to pick it up like he's dropped the most precious thing is absolutely beautiful. So much said with absolutely no words. I personally think Liam Neeson should have been the one to get the Oscar.
Also, some films aren't what you'd call entertaining, but they are important. This is one of those films and everyone should see it.
Thank you guys for watching this movie and letting the world see your humanity in your reactions.
It is one of the most valuable things we can do to fight the horrific potential in the nature of man, that still comes out in places around the world to this day, to show the opposite, the greatness of our compassion and empathy that is also possible.
Thank you ,You’ve done a mitzvah today.
@penderyn8794 It's not about it but "Dances with Wolves" kinda touches the subject.
"i dont think anything can top the green mile mouse" famous last words
I don't know who decided to put you through this, but this movie will tear you into pieces. It's so worth watching, but even watching a reaction brings me to tears and leaves me with a headache from the strain. You two are phenomenal.
The "I couldn't have gotten one more" is the scene that breaks everyone, even the ones that hadn't cried yet
“I could have got more”.
If there are no tears in your eyes at the Schindler leaving scene then you are not a human being... This scene breaks everyone...
the two of you have turned into my favorite movie realters! You feel everything so passionately, from funny movies to sad movies and everything in between! Thank you! Anybody that doesn't react the way the two of you did, must be dead inside!
My brother Brian! I f*** love you man, thank you for making our night ❤️👊🏽
This film is more relevant now than ever before.
People have either forgotten or denied the truth and lessons of this film. We can't afford to forget.
Indeed - never again, means never again *for anyone* - and never again is now...😓
Whole Countrys are still denying this happend, or even celebrating ist. Its Horrible.
Thank you for this! A powerful reaction to a powerful film. Liam Neeson actually wanted to quite the film after the first days of filming because he was upset with the directing and thought Spielberg was micro-managing his every move too much and he had no freedom as an actor. He complained to Ben Kingsley (Izak) but he managed to convince him to stay on the project understanding how important of a film it will become.
Hannah is a empathetic person, so it's perfectly understandable why she has such a strong reaction to the evil of a man that isn't capable of even a sliver of empathy (Amon Göth).
Hannah is such a gem
@upfront2375
Well, yeah people are different...but empathy still exists in a lot of people.
Exaggerated beyond measure
@@willkillem737shut up
But Hannah is all for NAMBLA
Of all the reactor channels on RUclips…this was THE greatest reaction to any movie I’ve seen..thank you both for the journey through this Spielberg masterpiece ✌🏻
Love you Colin!!
Not surprising, since these guys have one of the best reaction channels on youtube 🤷♂️
Totally agree!
one of my favorite reviews from Ash is Team America, I immediately fell in love with this channel, of course its the total opposite of Schindler's List, but if you feel like laughing I recommend it, its just too funny
@@sargentocapitao9668 Durka durka
I saw this movie when it came out. Even today it still wrecks me. We as humans can be so cruel to each other. I will never understand how come we can’t all get along. Or just respect each other and live in peace.
Ralph Fiennes played Goeth so well that the actual survivors who were called in as authenticity consultants were terrified of him.
Want to hear something really fucked up? Goeth had a mistress who grew old and died (by suicide) still thinking he was the love of her life -- such a wonderful romance. She had a daughter who struggled mentally after seeing "Schindler's List" (documentary "Inheritance" is on RUclips, I believe).
He actually looks a lot like the real Goeth if you've ever actually seen a picture of him.
if i recall correctly, they had the real Helen Hirsch on set to advise and she physically shook in fear upon seeing Fiennes as Goeth
@@beedubree2550 So did Płaszów survivor Mila Pfefferberg
"Schindler's List" is Spielberg's masterpiece. Aside from the storytelling, every technical thing that makes up a movie is top tier in this film.
Thank you!!! You validated my feelings at the 14:30 mark. Of all the carnage and death we see during this film, it was the execution of the woman engineer that disturbed me and haunted me for YEARS after I saw this movie for the first time. He ordered that execution as though he was ordering a sandwich. That action alone told you of not only how evil he was, but how intense his hatred was. And yes, he was way more evil and vile then the movie showed him. Spielberg wisely knew it would be TOO much for an audience to take. The only "humorous" side note to this film is the fact that Spielberg had to literally DRAG Emilie Schindler to the Oskar's grave at the end of the film. She was the most vocal critic of the movie calling it "a complete lie" in how Schindler was portrayed. Yes, she was THAT bitter towards him to her dying day. I think that is why the scriptwriter wisely never told us Oskar Schindler's motive for doing what he did (did he REALLY save them because it was the right thing to do, or did he do it to save his own ass knowing they would turn on him when given the opportunity?). If this movie weren't so damn emotional and draining, I would watch it more times then I have (only 4 times in 30 years). Great job.
The scene that got me was the hospital scene where they gave them a mercy killing instead of the nazis brutally shooting them all down and that look of pride
I'm not sure how it is in other countries, but here in the United States, Schindler's List is mandatory viewing for most high school students. My European history class was shown this film near the end of the semester in my senior year. Myself and most of my classmates were 17 at the time. As someone who had already done quite a bit of studying and was very interested in history by that point, I understood what exactly the movie was going to be like and I was prepared for it. The greatness of it being mandatory viewing was that there were a large majority of my classmates who were absolutely unprepared and uneducated about what they were going to be seeing. It had a huge effect on a lot of people because it was the first time that those people were truly confronted with and forced to understand the reality of what happened in the Holocaust. Truly a fantastic film and I genuinely believe everyone should be made to watch it at some point in their lives whether they feel up to it or not. It's too important of a topic to go without truly understanding it.
That explains the failing US educational system. Hollywood propaganda posing as real history.
Crt witch hunts will end that unless things change.
Didn't know that. I'm an American, but I went to private school my whole life. We didn't have any mandatory viewing, but my school had us go to a lecture given by a Holocaust survivor and a teacher recommended that we watch Schindler's List on our own time. I assume many of your classmates were in tears while watching the film.
Sadly this movie was not on my list of mandatory films to watch in school. I had to watch it much later on by myself, as a kid who grew up with a love of history and a very mature understanding of the Second World War, and it brought me to tears.
I love the complete acceptance of defeat at 47:47 from Ash. Like, "yep, time to cry" and pulls up the shirt.
'93 was the most competitive year for supporting actor performances on the big screen: 66th Oscar nominees = Ralph Fiennes (Schindler's List), Tommy Lee Jones (The Fugitive), John Malkovich (In the Line of Fire), Leonardo DiCaprio (What's Eating Gilbert Grape), Pete Postlethwaite (In the Name of the Father). Snubs = Ben Kingsley (Schindler's List), Val Kilmer (Tombstone), Sean Penn (Carlito's Way), certain actors in True Romance, etc...
Amon Göth in this film is reportedly tamer than the real one b/c the latter was so monstrous that he came off as almost unbelievable. The modern trend in writing villains is to make their motivations understandable. You'll hear lots of cinema enthusiasts preach that making a one-dimensional antagonist who's just evil for the sake of evil and only cares for money is the wrong way to go. It's almost as if the film is trying to give Amon a character arc regarding power & attraction, as well as attempting to provide answers on why he is the way he is. Only for him to reject that exploration and immediately go back to the pleasure of violence. A reminder that monsters do exist in real life no matter if they're human.
On the other end of the spectrum, there's Oskar Schindler's complexity. We sense that he's changing throughout the story, but it's never made explicit just how much prior to him actually making the list. For he has to be subtle about how he does things in the world that he's operating in.
The heartbreak from Hannah was awful to witness but the "GET IN THE FUCKIN SEWER" made it all worth it.
The point of that scene was an example of children robbed of their childhood and reduced to survival mode like animals.
_"Please, Lord. Help me get one more."_ ~Desmond Doss
_"I could have gotten one more person."_ ~Oskar Schindler
That one more. A truly good hero always thinks of that *_One More._*
I had the privilege of meeting Leo Rosner here in Melbourne many years ago. I find this movie SO hard to watch, but I think this movie should be watched by everyone, just like Ash says. I know many Jewish people today whose families were in the Holocaust and it makes me RAGE when I hear people try and deny that this actually happened. I’m 66 years old and whenever I watch the scene where Oscar breaks down and cries that he didn;t do enough, I cry like a baby. He did so much. Of course he couldn’t save everyone, but he did what he could and that’s always enough. I have visited Dachau concentration camp near Munich and spent a day there. I had read about the Holocaust and seen many documentaries, so I thought I would be well prepared for what I would experience going there. I was wrong. There are no words that can do justice to the feeling of standing in a gas chamber, or in front of the crematoria. I couldn’t speak for hours afterward.
As hard as it is to watch movies like this, I firmly believce that we must force ourselves to watch them and show them to our children, so that this is NEVER forgotten, because if it ever is forgotten, it may happen again. WE MUST NOT LET THAT COME TO BE!
This is a movie that you never wanna watch, but it needs to be watched. I tend to watch this movie at least once a year. It's a reminder to always be kind to everyone.
Edit: I feel so much for Hannah. It's a tough movie to watch. No need to apologize Hannah, this is a movie that doesn't need a lot of reaction in terms of speaking. Tears do all the reaction.
I actually enjoy watching this movie over again believe it or not! I think it is much more uplifting than people realize.
Of course, scenes like the liquidation of the ghetto, the scenes at the labor camp, and Schindler’s final breakdown will always be heart wrenching to watch.
But in my opinion the film as a whole is an enlightening experience and I feel good after watching it.
Watching Hannah making herself watch this movie was very moving. What a gutsy lady. Your commentary and your exchanges were really compelling. Thanks both.
As of May 2020, there are over 11 thousand descendants of the Schindlerjuden. I remember watching this in theaters over Christmas break. (I mean nothing says "Christmas" quite like Schindler's List, y'know?) and I think the entire audience stayed through the end credits, and walked out in complete silence. Spielberg said he wanted to make it feel more real, as if watching a documentary instead of a story. It certainly worked. This is not a movie, it is an experience. It's not as graphic or violent as other movies about WW2, but it's not really about the war, is it? With each act of brutality, it captures the "everyday" horrors that were happening behind the battlefields. Spielberg didn't pull his punches, either. It's raw, it's upsetting and it's extremely difficult to sit through, but I agree with you that it's disrespectful not to. Thank you for watching it. If you think you're even up for it, Spielberg is re-releasing it on Dec 7 to mark the 25th anniversary. (or at least it does in USA). I don't know if it'll be released internationally or not...I assume so... Anyway. This is going to be a long comment because holy fishsticks do I have SOME THOUGHTS.about.....everything...
Here we go.
After I watched this for the first time, it sparked what turns out to be a lifetime "interest" in the Holocaust and a quest for understanding. I had and still have many questions. I understand the how and the when but not the WHY. I visited the Holocaust museum in Washington DC and that was a whole other layer of WHY. The movie doesn't have as much of an impact when you're watching on youtube or on TV that it does on the big screen. All the brutality is right up in front of your face and you can't get away from it. And THAT doesn't have as much impact that it does when it's LITERALLY in front of your face. It was the piles of shoes and glasses that got me. Each one of those items was owned by a real person. A living, breathing human being who had held these items in their hands, worn day by day by day. Those items had belonged to people who had been murdered for WHY? The museum was hard to get through, too. But I had to.
Which eventually led to me standing inside the concentration camp at Dachau. I climbed into the cattle cars, I saw the ovens....and more belongings to people who had died there for WHY? It is our duty as fellow human beings.to bear those people witness. The silent pleas to be acknowledged and remembered made even the air so heavy it was difficult to BREATHE. There were almost 800 people there. All I hear was footsteps. I don't think I'll ever understand the WHY.
The WHY is very complicated and yet not. Hitler didn't invent anything, he just took from German culture and made it into a machine. For a long time, I was afraid that if I understood the WHY (meaning looking at it from the Nazi point of view) that I would go into that dark place. Quite the opposite happened. I understood it and still have my humanity. The villain in a story never thinks he is the villain, he is the hero of his own story. People who followed Hitler TRULY believed that this was the best thing they could do to advance their society. Hitler was not crazy. Evil, oh my god yes,, but not crazy. He knew how to lead and surrounded himself with others like him. There are HOURS of video on RUclips about WHY this happened. I still feel almost no emotion when I think about the camps-I guess I'm shock. It's beyond my comprehension.
@@billd3356 He definitely was not crazy, not until the last days of his life, that is. If he was a madman, he wouldn't have had the conscience to manipulate an entire nation
As to the WHY… I recommend a visit to the Holocaust museum in Berlin. It has floors dedicated to the deep, thousand-year old Christian hatred of the Jews for “killing Christ”, the seeds of which were planted in the book of revelation. The German Martin Luther’s antisemitism was virulent. Nazi propaganda was full of it. Look up “blood libel” and how the the lies of QAnon echo this ancient hatred. Of course there were other factors but this is the most overlooked
@sianne79 Good people can't understand why bad people enjoy hurting innocent people.
Kinda 'funny' that I never really asked myself 'why'. Even though I'm German. And German kids grow up learning everything about the Holocaust.
Even in elementary school we start learning about it.
And I remember the first novel I read when I finally new all the letters of the alphabet was a book about a girl during the holocaust.
I read Mein Kampf when I was in elementary school. And my parents visited Ausschwitz and Dachau with me when I was I elementary school.
And when I was ~11-12 years old and was an exchange student in the Netherlands, other kids and adults treated me shitty because I was getting. Some kids even physically harmed me. And even though it hurt me and confused me, deep down I thought I must deserve it. Because Germans get that guilt put onto them.
Nowadays I don't think I have to feel guilty. I didn't do anything.
It's not guilt we have to feel. It's responsibility. We are responsible to not let that happen again.
I had the privilege to talk to survivors who visited our school.
I also had the privilege to have relatives I could talk to.
But it's so interesting how Germans still don't dare to be proud of being a German. If you have a German flag in your yard, people will think you're a nazi.
But yeah, I never really asked myself WHY. I always accepted that there are bad people who enjoy hurting others. That explained the WHY to me.
And I guess there isn't a better explanation.
It wouldn't have been as impressive a movie in standard color. Black and white photography made everything more starkly depressing.
I cry so many times whenever I watch this movie, but there's something about Schindler telling the Rabbi to prepare for the Sabbath that makes me absolutely weep. It's one of the most beautiful moments of any movie I've ever seen. That scene with Schindler saying he could've saved more is up there too, of course.
For me it is the most powerful scene, where Schindler more or less instructed the rabbi to prepare for the Sabbath. For me he was acknowledging and respecting the workers as humans with a religion and in this terrible situation he mildly 'ordered' them to keep their moral and religious standards.
The only movie to put a value on a life
"One more person"
Still destroys me
Spielberg refused to accept a check for the movie, and paid out of his pocket to have them flown to the grave marker.
He became so depressed filming it, Robin Williams would call "he is the only man who could make me laugh, 10 feet from a death camp"
My granddad was 13 when the German army rolled through his town in Torun, Poland. I wouldn't be here today if he hadn't survived and came to live in the UK. It breaks my heart even more that he had to change his surname from Lewandowski to Lawson due to rampant xenophobia.
I respect and love you both so much more for sitting through this film, as harrowing as it is. We should never forget.
I (American) vaguely remember reading about the "Polish plumber" propaganda in Britain years before Brexit.
@@AT-rr2xwthe same right-wing tactics as in the 30s and 40s, always scapegoating someone or something for the problems they cause
@penderyn8794 Heck, I worry how things have been going here in the "United" States.
@penderyn8794 I didn't mean to suggest that the racism in the UK was on par with Nazi Germany. It just saddens me that he went through what he did, came to the UK, lied about his age (he was very tall) in order to join the army and went back to Europe to fight; only to be treated so badly in Yorkshire that he felt the need to anglicise his name. He and his 3 Polish comrades only received recognition from our Government in the late 80s/early 90s.
What happened to your grandmother is truly awful. I hope she persevered and kept on speaking Welsh
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Panderyn is clearly lying.
Winner of 7 Oscars including Best Picture.
The most powerful and most important motion picture of all time.
One of two movies that I have seen that when people were leaving when it was finished no one made a sound except for crying. The other was "Saving Private Ryan."
As soon as I saw the movie title, I felt so sorry for poor Hanna! I saw this in theaters when it was first released and it still holds the record for the most tears shed during a movie for me. I have made all of my kids watch it followed by extensive conversation. You were absolutely correct when you said it doesn't even feel like a movie. 😢
Steven Spielberg has made so many masterpieces this , ET, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, Saving Private Ryan, The Color Purple many others
I'm with you two a 100%. The ending of this film gets me every time. I cry 3 times everytime I watch this masterpiece.
I’m proud of you for making it through this. I know it’s a very hard film to watch as it’s so brutally real, but I truly believe everybody needs to see it at some point in their life, if only to be a reminder to never allow this to happen again. One of the best films ever made, and one that most people never want to watch again.
Poor Hannah.
This movie is probably one of the toughest film ever to watch for anyone, let alone someone who feels so emphatically like Hannah.
But unfortunately, it is a must watch for everyone because we must never forget what had taken place in our sorry past so that we will never repeat it ever again.
And that unfortunately is the hard truth.
It's okay Hannah. As a human being I wept alongside with you both while following your reaction to this masterpiece. Have a great rest of the year you guys.
I appreciate your humanity. The complexity of good when taken in the context of history (Schindler himself being just as complex a human being, who balanced a life of selfishness and mismanagement with one of the most singularly spectacular good deeds in recorded history, is an excellent example), is always an object lesson worth revisiting. As often as possible. Thank you both for having good hearts. I keep coming back to your channel simply because of this.
46:53 is an often overlooked detail. Every single one of the Nazi soldiers who were left to "dispose of the camp" were either boys or old men, because by 1945 essentially every prime age man in Germany had died. Hitler literally sent out 15 year old boys to die at that point.
little bit over exaggerated, as the number of dead german soldiers was pretty low in comparison to the population. But yes, most of them were already fighting, captured or wounded.
@@Tosse901 Oh yea that's right. It's not that they died, but that so many were fighting that they had to send children and elderly.
@@ohedd yea, in berlin, hitler youth and volksstrum, the german polizei, and wehrmacht fought the russians. actual children foguht
ive been waiting for this for such a long time, you guys just made my day!!
edit: this movie is actually insane, liam neesons portrayal of schindlers change in mind is absolutely perfect
It took me 5 times to watch this movie till the end.
The reactions of the girl in this video are genuine, she's so courageous to have watched until the end 🫶
Hanna going 100% full fledged Robert Deniro at 32:08 is exactly what I needed to end my week beautifully lol
Thanks @donttrusthannah
And Hanna, you shouldn't feel bad about the bad things you said about Schindler in the beginning of the movie. Everything you said was absolutely true at that point in the movie. He was a money hungry prideful POS. His view & motives only changed later, after actually witnessing the horror of the situation. When he was faced with the moment of truth, as we all are at many times in your lives, he chose right and the moral compass that likely was always there (just never tested), came to the forefront.
I love this pair. It was so nice to see Ash affected so deeply. I was expecting some tears from both, but the final scene of Schindler crying - it was so great to see how it hit this young man.
Your reaction is so authentic and emotional to watch this again. Thank you both. There seems to be little to be proud of in the UK, but knowing there are others with such empathy is great comfort.
ruclips.net/video/dRgE6ld6WVM/видео.html We remember the names of the unfeeling, the barbarous, yet the names of the humanity within the carnage are largely forgotten.
Goeth was a monster. The “I pardon you” scene showed a little bit of how much of a murderous psychopath he was. Then, add in the “after the war if you need a reference” part showing how much of a disconnected sociopath he was. The scary part is a large part of the character here, despite this aspect being factual, is a symbol for all of the monsters in the SS, and sadly there were many, many, more in line behind him.
I honestly don’t know how Spielberg managed to make it through making this one, he had to feel like vomiting all the time.
He would talk to Robin Williams most nights to distract him and help him laugh.
Everyone,cast & crew had rough times filming this but felt it was important work.
Poor brave Hannah, you made it! Thanks for this lovely and respectful reaction to one of the greatest movies ever. I am so glad I grew up with this movie as a german in Germany. It is ahown in schools here as well, not in mine tho. Steven Spielberg and the entire crew did such an amazing job. And Hannah, do not blame yourself, they did not show Schindler as a hero right away, they showed him like he was. And then what he became. One day I will visit his growing tree in Israel and his grave. Just because I have to. I have also visited Buchenwald camp, need to see Auschwitz at some point. Great reaction, timeless masterpiece as you said. 😇
You two have given me so much solace. Thank you so much. Never forget
I was shown this movie when I was 11 in elementary and my teacher brought in a holocaust survivor. I still remember her story to this day. It was burnt into my brain. It was insane
This film is such a hard watch, but it's also an incredibly important watch. Everyone in the world should watch this film at least once.
Propaganda
@@strange8628 - Propaganda for what? Being against genocide?
@@jduncanandroid every race has faced genocide at some point....the only reason u are constantly reminded of this is cuz of Jewish elites and their influence in media and banking
@@strange8628ok nazi 😂
Goeth's granddaughter wrote a book titled 'My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me." (Or something similar to that.) She was German/Nigerian and didn't know who her grandfather was until she was in her late 20s or early 30s. Absolute fascinating.
Eww german nigerian
I am glad that you both were able to make it through this. Glad in the sense that I think it is important that everyone watch this movie at least once.
I have several comments.
First, the most terrifying moment for me is not the liquidation of the ghetto, not the shower scene, not even the children being sent to certain death, all of which are gut-wrenching. To me, the most terrifying moment is when Goeth is shooting innocent people from his balcony for fun. Specifically, it is his girlfriend's reaction. She wakes up from the noise to see her boyfriend murdering people, and what upsets her is the fact that he is disturbing her sleep. It is that kind of thinking that is horrifying.
Second, you both repeatedly discussed the effects that the mass killings must have been having on the soldiers who committed them. While I have no sympathy for those murderers, the terrible effects on their mental health was actually one of the reasons that the Nazis started using gas on a large scale. They determined that it was far less personal to kill someone by locking them in a room than looking them in the eye and pulling the trigger.
Finally, to answer Hannah’s question towards the end about why Schindler didn’t go back to making pots. At this point, the Jews that he saved were supposed to be sent to Auschwitz. He needed a reason that would justify keeping them alive. Using them to build tank shells made sense because those were needed for the war effort. Pots on the other hand were not. Schindler had to keep up the charade that he was devoted to a Nazi victory and that was how he did it.
I hope you both hugged each other and your families after watching this. Watching some comedies is also helpful.
I have two little girls. One of whom is the same age as the little girl in the red coat. This movie broke me on so many levels every time I watch it going back to when I was shown it in history class in high school. This video is my favorite reaction to this movie, rivaling the German woman who did a reaction, translated all the German script and was screaming and crying by the end.
I know this was from 7 months ago, but this is my third time watching this. I've been a subscriber for a while and watch EVERY video both on your and Hannah's channel, but for you to tackle a movie this heavy is very unique and that why it brings me back bc it's such a beautiful movie and such a raw reaction. I truly love you guys. Now PLEASE, for ALL of us, react to the harry potter return to hogwarts reunion video. It will be GOLD and I can't believe you haven't with how much you love Harry Potter
I am proud of Hannah. I had the same reaction when I first watched this, but it is an important film so we do not forget. History books cannot relate the human horror or the loss. It is so vital that we remember how easily this happened so it does not happen again. We cannot look away form what these people went through. That little girl in the red coat was to connect us to the indiividual. Hugs to Hannah.
As hard as it is to sit through this movie, I think you both did an amazing job. And this is definitely one of those movies that everyone needs to see at least once in their lifetime just so it's clear how horrible things really were during WW2
You both are incredible people. You are entertaining, no doubt, but your empathy and kindness really tell us what kind of people you are. Thank you.
You guys should add “ The Pianist “ to your list; another world war 2 great movie and also a true story ❣️
So proud of you guys! Thanks for watching this important piece of Film! I am a subscriber from Germany and this Film is a must here and important for undestanding the past autrocities. Just so you guys know Germany is very modern now and really does "Vergangenheitsbewältigung" ( to recap the past history in a healthy way, kind of) very well!
Greetings from Germany Love you Two!
In Japan they do their very best to not let the children in school learn about the war atrocities they committed during WW2. It’s gotten to the point that if you ask a modern Japanese young adult don’t even know what happened during WW2 or just have a very vague notion of what happened. Hell some government officials even flat out deny Japan participation of WW2.
History should never be forgotten or we would be bound to repeat it again.
There's a theory that the reason both guns failed is because the way Goth treats his weapons was like trash, and inside, was dirt and grit stopping the pin from igniting the shell properly. Which makes sense since he doesn't have to do anything remotely to cleaning anything up in his life because of the house maids, prisoners, and his guards doing all of the grunt work. He's always drunk, so I wouldn't be surprised if sticky moisture got in there to.