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Schindler’s List and Life is Beautiful have helped governments around the world become aware that what starts out as a small war could end up becoming an unstoppable genocide, such as the Holocaust. In spring of 1999, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) launched an air war against the president of Yugoslavia, Slobodan Milosevic, to stop the Serbs from terrorizing the Albanians. Although, many Serbs and Albanians have lost their lives NATO and the UN have intervened to stop the murdering of 2,000 people from becoming 6 million. President Clinton went to Kosovo and spoke with people who had fought in the war and stated “We are committed not only to making Kosovo safe but to helping people rebuild their lives, rebuild their communities and then helping Kosovo and all the countries of the region” (1999). NATO also sent troops into Bosnia to stop Bosnian Serbs from expelling Muslims from their homes. The war finally came to an end in 1995. There are a few more genocides going on today, and the governments around the world have intervened to stop the Holocaust from happening again.

Both Schindler’s List and Life is Beautiful not only communicated with Jews around the world, but with Non-Jews as well. Oskar Schindler, played by Liam Neeson, is a non-Jewish German “war profiteer, who because of his fundamental humanity and great courage, saved more than 1,000 Jews from death in the Holocaust” (Leisen, 1995). In the opening scene of Schindler’s List, the camera follows Schindler into a nightclub, where he buys drinks for his fellow Germans. Schindler is in Krakow to make money using cheap Jewish labor, but also using Jewish money to finance his company. “He hires Itzhak Stern, a Jewish accountant, to recruit Jewish investors and laborers as well as manage the company” (Cannon, 1993). Stern ends up forging work certificates for Jews who are considered to be non-essential workers. One day, Schindler finds out that the Jews at Plaszow labor camp are going to be sent to Aushwitz, where they will be put to death in the gas chambers. He realizes that he w!

Steven Spielberg’s 1993 Schindler’s List was adapted from Thomas Keneally’s novel Schindler’s Ark, and made an unexpected gross of 317.1 million dollars worldwide. It also unexpectedly won Best Picture in 1993 at the Oscar Awards, and best picture in 1994 at the British Academy Awards. Along with best picture awards, it received an academy for best score, best-adapted screenplay, best cinematographer, best director, and best editing (http://allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll), 1994). It was appreciated and viewed around the world, and soon was broadcasted on NBC television where 65 million people watched all or part of the three and a half hour movie. It was “virtually uncut,” and was the first movie on NBC to receive a rating of M, for mature audiences only (www.cnn.com, 1997). Although some protested to its showing, such as republican representative Tom Couburn who stated that NBC had taken network television to “to an all-time low, with full-frontal nudity, violence and profanity,” a wide audience still watched the film (1997).

In an interview with Steven Spielberg, Susan Royal found out Spielberg’s most inner thoughts about his most educational and realistic film, Schindler’s List. Spielberg, a born Jew, wanted to make a film about the struggles of his own heritage. However, because the movie was expected to lose money, Spielberg had to agree to make Jurassic Park 2. Nothing could stop him from wanting to teach the world about the Holocaust. Spielberg stated that he went beyond Keneally’s “fictional” novel for research. He “interviewed survivors, went to Poland, saw the cities, and spoke to survivors” (Spielberg, 1994). This film was shot on location in Poland including Schindler's original factory, his actual apartment, and the gates of Auschwitz. They used the interior of SS headquarters and the interior an

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