Oskar Schindler Quotes

“Beyond this day, no thinking person could fail to see what would happen.”

— Oskar Schindler

The Schindler Jews were off-limits in Brunnlitz.

— Oskar Schindler

“I was now resolved to do everything in my power to defeat the system.”

— Oskar Schindler

“If you saw a dog going to be crushed under a car, wouldn't you help him?”

— Oskar Schindler

“We must differentiate between guilt and duty. The soldier on the front, like the common man, who does his duty everywhere, should not be held responsible for the actions of a few who also called themselves Germans.”

— Oskar Schindler

“I thank my personal staff for their restless sacrifice for my work.”

— Oskar Schindler

“I hated the brutality, the sadism, and the insanity of Nazism. I just couldn't stand by and see people destroyed. I did what I could, what I had to do, what my conscience told me I must do. That's all there is to it. Really, nothing more.”

— Oskar Schindler

“Power is when you have every justification to kill someone, and then you don't.”

— Oskar Schindler

I had to help them. There was no choice.

— Oskar Schindler

He who saves a single soul , saves the world entire

— Oskar Schindler

“I knew the people who worked for me. When you know people, you have to behave towards them like human beings.”

— Oskar Schindler

“I am the conscience of all those who knew something - but did nothing.”

— Oskar Schindler