I thought I was ready... I wasn't- SCHINDLER'S LIST REACTION 

No one can be ready for this movie, but everyone should see it once.

Spielberg made the girl in the red jacket promise him that she would wait until she was 18 to watch it. She did not. At like 11 or 12 she saw it and was horrified. But then she watched it again after turning 18 and realized just how important a film it was & is proud to be part of it. So yeah, no one is ready for this movie.

Ralph Fiennes embodied Amon Goeth so well, that it triggered some of the real survivors Spielberg brought to the set. They couldn't be on set with him.

No one is ready for this movie. I have heard that Ralph Fiennes (who of course also played Voldemort later) played Amon Goeth so well that a survivor of his camp who was on the set started shaking uncontrollably. Having said that, they actually toned down how horrible he was. I have only been to one Holocaust memorial site. I was visiting Rezekne, Latvia, the town my great-grandparents came from (my family left around 1905 but relatives remained). Outside of town is a LONG, narrow grass field which is a mass grave of 5000 people machine gunned to death by an Einsatzgruppen (the early execution squads). Walking along that field took a long time...really drove home what "5000 dead" means. Also in that town is the last surviving synagogue, the "Green Synagogue." It was a condemned building. The only reason it survived is it was near the trains station so Jews on their way to the camps were kept their before being transported. It also happened to be down the street from where my great-grandparents lived. So they almost certainly had been in that synagogue...possibly even married there. Standing inside that condemned building, in the light coming through the remaining stained glass, thinking about my great-grandparents and the Jews on their way to misery and death, I decided to try and save the synagogue. When I got back to the states I got started. I am not good at fundraising, but I was able to get a grant from the World Monuments Fund for a site survey and restoration plans. That was all I managed to do, though my efforts did inspire the local government to shore up the building somewhat so it wouldn't keep deteriorating. Ten years later I get an email from someone in the Norwegian government. As part of Latvia's entry into the EU, Latvia and Norway were cooperating on some cultural projects and they heard about the Green Synagogue. They asked me if I had blueprints for the restoration. I did, so I sent them. The restoration was finished about 4 years ago. So my dream came through, with a lot of help.

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”

That ending with the real survivors and families is something else. Moves me on a deep level every time I see it.

When John Williams was asked to do the music for the film, he was shown a screening to get his thoughts. He was so moved that he told Spielberg “You need a better composer for this film” to which Spielberg replied “I know, but they are all dead” implying that he thinks Williams is the greatest living composer.

this movie always reminds me of my relatives that survived dachau. they weren't jews, but they were greeks that were helping allied soldiers escape back to allied territory and also they were killing as many nazis as possible. a bunch of my family got betrayed to nazis and they were arrested and send to dachau where they stayed until the war ended. i have a picture of my theo pointing to the rifle he used to kill nazis and you can see the number tattooed on his forearm. its crazy to think that it all happened not that long ago, and it can always happen again

It's seriously insane for me to see people actually wonder if this stuff actually happened. When I was a kid, there were plenty of WWII survivors, Jewish and non, and nobody had any reason to doubt it. I didn't need SCHINDLER'S LIST to learn about it. But it sickens me to see that the survivors were right: enough time passes, and people forget. And this is WITH copious documentation and historical preservation to prevent that.

Here in Germany this film was shown in History class. I think that should be the case in every country!

Spielberg spoke to Robin Williams almost daily while filming and Williams would try to cheer him up and make him laugh. He was, at the same time, participating in the filming of Jurassic Park. He's spoken several times about resenting Jurassic Park because of the emotional toll Schindler's List took on him.

This movie is so important that it should only ever be seen uncensored.

Before filming Spielberg "treated" the cast and crew to a showing of "come and see" 1985 war film which heavily inspired him also when making Saving Private Ryan, it's considered the greatest war movie ever made by many and would make a great reaction video.

"I thought I was ready... I wasn't" Don't worry, Kay - NO-ONE is ready for this movie.

You should check out Jennifer Tiege who is biracial German woman. Her birth parents are Nigerian father and German mother. She was initially in foster care but eventually adopted. During her childhood she had some contact with her mother but mostly her grandmother. After high school she moved to Paris to study where she became a close friend of an Israeli woman. Her friend invited her to visit Israel which she did. While in Israel she fell in love and ended up living there for several years. Eventually she returned to Germany and got married and became a mother. One day after dropping the kids at school, she went to the library. Roaming in the stacks searching for something of interest she picked up a book. It was about being the child of a Nazi war criminal, it was the story of Amon Gothe daughter. As she browsed the pages she recognized some of the people in the photos. There were pictures of her biological mother and grandmother. She was devastated, she was in shock, almost incapacitated. Unable gather the ability to drive 'she had to call her husband to come get her. It was several weeks for her to grapple with the reality of heritage. She wondered how to reveal her connections to fer grandfather to friends and especially her Israeli and Jewish ones. This she did gradually. Part of the process was her book "My Grandfather would have shot me ".

I saw this movie when it first came out in the theaters. I'd just entered college and was in Florida. Many of those that were in the theater watching it with me were Holocaust survivors. Some had to leave part-way through the movie due to the memories being too intense. But all those that managed to stay to the end had to spend about 5-10 minutes after the credits ended just to compose themselves. Fortunately, the movie theater staff showed us the courtesy of keeping the lights dim, so everyone wouldn't have to be seen until they had recovered the composure.

Defenitly the most emotional movie for me. I seen it idk how often and it still touches me deeply. Thank you for watching that movie and sharing your reactions

It's still mind boggeling to me that they had to tone down the Horrors for the movie. To imagine people being able to be more evil than what is shown here... I recommend you to watch some Holocaust survivor testimonies here on YT, it's important to know and keep their stories alive. And your question of "Why?" shows humanity, but it's not a question the Nazis asked themselves. They had their "legitimate reasons" and to them it was a matter of course.

The sound of the bullet casing hitting the floor, and realizing someone died by that bullet, every time you hear that noise. Everything is horrendous, but that something that sounds pleasant, signifies death.

Being a baby boomer, many of my generation immediately understand exactly what is going on when the engineer is shot (and it’s not puzzling at all). If you were targeting a people for degradation and extinction, who would you target first ? Well, the intelligentsia. (Which, of course, is precisely why you don’t disclose that you are an educated Jew, but rather a blue collar worker of use to a war economy.) Listen to the exchange from this viewpoint and you’ll immediately understand. Reiter: I'm a graduate of Civil Engineering from the University of Milan. Amon Goeth: Ah, an educated Jew . . . like Karl Marx himself. Unterscharführer [junior squad leader] ! Hujar: Jawohl? Amon Goeth: Shoot her. Reiter: Herr Kommandant ! I'm only trying to do my job ! Amon Goeth: Ja, I'm doing mine. And naturally her recommendation would be followed because she was an educated engineer. Actually I’ve had to post this explanation on many such reviews for those who don’t grasp exactly what is going on and why. No fault of the younger generation. They simply weren’t taught about the Holocaust in depth.

This movie is a masterpiece. It is a painful and heart-wrenching masterpiece. As the old saying goes, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

Thank you for this. It is difficult to watch films like this - and that's as it should be. It is the least we can do to bear witness, in small part, to these events and the victims.

It’s impossible not to wonder what she thought it would be like. When I was in my teens, I read William L. Shirer’s ‘Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.’ When I read Ch. 27 (the death camps) I went to my Dad and asked “Did that really happen?” He said “Yep.” Then I got to Ch. 35 (the medical experiments) and I was done. Many people these days are materialist / determinist and don’t believe in free will. I’ve learned that we can feed the light or the dark- our choice.

Winner of 7 Oscars including Best Picture. It's the most important and most powerful motion picture ever.

The movie was a roller coaster of emotions. When it starts, you doesn't feel a lot of pain because every films make us think that's not real, but this movie tries to teach us this was real, and Spielberg wanted that. My friends watched it because a petition from me. I ask them what they thought about that, and they took several minutes to talk.

I agree with you about people's ignorance. Spielberg obviously intended the movie to educate and warn successive generations, but it annoys me when people are shocked by the movie, because they should have learned all this in school. People should be going into the movie expecting far worse, because the movie shows almost nothing that is truly visually disturbing.

Fun fact: when Israel declared its independence, they had trouble getting weapons because of blockades, including airplanes. They ended up obtaining Czech Me 109s & surplus B-17s. The Egyptians possessed a lot of British surplus, so when the first mid-east war started, we saw Israeli Messerschmitts escorting Israeli B-17s against Egyptian Spitfires.

I love watching reactions to Schindler's List, it shows just how uneducated modern youth is when it comes to History. To not know what this film is about is completely Alien to me. You don't have to have watched the film to know it's about the Holocaust, not WWII specifically, but a catastrophic event that took place during the War. It's a great film, showing both sides of the equation, the Jewish and the Nazis. You can't show the beauty without showing the horror. Undoubtedly this film is Speilberg's Magnum Opus, Schindler's List stands as both an Historical retelling and a fantastic piece of filmmaking. Great film 👍

I saw this in the theater. There was a family of three behind us. The child was a boy of about 12. When the engineer was murdered, he lost it, and they left. Realistic murder portrayed on film is so much worse than normal movie gore. Soon after, I saw the book's writer, Thomas Kineally, speak at a bookstore. Somewhere, I have a signed copy.

Kay: Is this based off of anything....? Subtitle: Besides history I laughed so hard!

“Brother and sister…” 👏🏻🤣

lmaoooo I just don't comprehend why a girl in his bed being his sister would be your first thought

To think Spielberg had Fiennes tone down the Amon character because people wouldn't believe someone so monstrous could exist, they even brought Holocaust survivors on set and Fiennes was so accurate that they began to physically tremble; he had to break character and go comfort them!

I like this except I kept yelling “it doesn’t matter what they are making, that’s not the point!” At the screen lol

Can't believe Liam didn't win best actor for his performance

I get the pattern comparison hearing the term “essential worker,” but for the record 2020 was not even remotely comparable to the removal of civil liberties, even pre-concentration camps, in Nazi Germany.

Amon Goeth, played by Ralph Fennisse, also played Lord Voldamort in the Harry Potter movies. he played an excellent evil role in both movies. such a GREAT and often overlooked actor

I’m super impressed how well you kept your self together! By the end of this movie I was in a puddle of my own tears 😢 still rewatching it I always cry at certain scenes especially the last one

According to Wikipedia, the train of women that got sent to Auschwitz wasn't just because of a "paperwork mistake". Goth was arrested in Sept 1944 (for, among other things, not adequately feeding his prisoners?), and was replaced as commandant by Arnold Buscher. Buscher might have disliked Schindler for some reason, but had the 300 Jewish women sent to Auschwitz intentionally and asked the commandant there, Richard Baer, to give Schindler 300 different Jewish women. When Schindler went to Auschwitz, he bought/bribed Baer to get his own people back. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_B%C3%BCscher

I sometimes wonder what kind of mental toll playing Amon Goeth so well could have had on Ralph Fiennes.

I'm so surprised. Thank you. Off all the reactions to this movie, you're the only one to recognize or know who Ben Kingsley is!

I watched this in theaters when it came out. I watched it in silence. I remember the feel of my tears sliding down my cheeks...I remember them as feeling cold. I've watched enough reactions that it seems I've actually rewatched the whole of it again, though despite owning a copy, I never have. Something I remember so sharply, though I don't think I've ever heard anyone mention it once...the rubber treads of the tires of Nazi vehicles rolling over a road made from headstones knocked flat and moved into a jigsle puzzle of a road...the names and dates still perfectly legible as if the road is kept clean just for the added insult, as if Nazi soldiers needed that added feel of triumph. My mind adds in the sound of the vehicles in Terminator rolling over skulls, crushing them beneath the vehicles' weight With so much horror to remind us of our ( the human race, WWII ) past, it's probably not noticed amidst the rest. ...

Based on the Booker prize winning novel "Schindler's Ark" by Australian author Thomas Keneally, a great read.

Thanks for reacting to this film, everyone should see it at least once. In 2012 there were 8500 decedents. It always amazed me how he made just enough to get to the end of the war. Enjoy

6:15 “They’re brother and sister, right?” You might be watching too many premium cable tv shows. 😜

The cousin of my wife's grandfather was Michael Wulkan who made the ring at the end of the movie. Goethe's daughter knew nothing about her father growing up. When she misbehaved her mother would say you are worse then your father. She learnt about her father from this movie.

In fact... We are never ready to be emotionally destroyed.

When I was around 17-18 (in 1991 before the Schindler’list movie), I was reading a lot, and during the summer, I found in my little village library 5 Large volumes bringing together the testimonies of survivors of the concentration camps. It was heart breaking. The World War II interested me because at that time, there was a lot of movies and documentaries about it. Nowadays, it seems that it’s forgotten by the young generation, what is a shame: if you don’t want to repete errors from the past, you must learn the past/history

The book Schindler's Ark, by Thomas Keneally, brought the story to public prominence in the 1980s. One day, Keneally walked into a leather goods shop in LA (I think). The owner got chatting to him and found out he was a writer. 'Well, let me tell you a story', said the owner, or words to that effect. The owner's name was Poldek Pfefferberg. (Poldek is the one clearing bundles from the road and saluting the Nazis).

It really highlights how important it is that we all open are eyes to who and what the WEF is.

the girl with the red coat actualy survived in real life.

Ok, I happened to notice the film's grasping hands logo superimposed behind your image, makes it look you one of those hands is yours.

Kay if you are willing to sit through an example of the "real thing", see the documentary "German Concentration Camps Factual Survey," which chronicles the British liberation of Bergen-Belsen camp (where Anne and Margo Frank died). The films making is described in another film called "Night Will Fall." An earlier film is on the death camps is 1956's "Night and Fog," BTW Ben Kingsley played Anne Frank's father Otto in a 2001 TV drama about her.

They used the hair to pad and stuff seats in tanks and automobiles.

One of the most important films of all time, IMO.

It’s a beautiful, terrible thing to watch. I think it is one of the greatest movies ever. But after going through that experience I swore I’d never let Spielberg tear my heart apart ever again. Unless he wants to do a comedy - or another imaginative horror film. I’d watch that.

Nobody can be ready for it. Not watching as it destroys me every time.

Thanx for making this, this is so important.... Love all the way from Israel ❤️🇮🇱

It gets me how well Ralph Fiennes played Goth. Then he went on to play Voldemort. Consider that.

A guy bought and original VW Bug from the war, and was having it gone over for his collection. When they went to re-do the upholstery the padding was all mixed colored human hair.

"IS THIS BASED ON ANYTHING"......................... Girl.... Jesus Christ

If the music comes on spotify, and my mom is present, I turn it off right away.........it always makes her cry....

First time I watched this I actually held it together pretty well. Weirdly it was only when Schindler tell the Rabbi to prepare for the Sabbath that I broke into a sob. I'm still not sure why it was that scene over all the others. A remarkable film. Truly.

This filmed was adapted from the true book "Schindler's Ark." When the film was first released it was banned completely in Malaysia as "pure Jewish propaganda " (the ban was eventually lifted) and in it's un-cut form in The Philippines due to the sex scenes. Steven Spielberg then refused to release a cut version there. Eventually The Philippine Censorship Board was disbanded and the film was then released there uncut. It is shown in German schools and was shown on American Network television (NBC) un-cut and commercial free. Spielberg was editing "Jurassic Park" while filming "Schindler's List." Universal only agreed to finance "Schindler's List" if Spielberg agreed to direct "Jurassic Park." When composer John Williams was shown a rough cut of the film he told Spielberg that he "you need a better composer for this film than I am." Spielberg responded with "I know. But they're all dead." Williams won both an Oscar and a BAFTA for his score.

This is a great film - has always made me cry Always

When Voldemort is not the most evil character an actor’s filmography.

I never felt the need to watch this film until I was an adult, because as a Jew I had the horrors of the Holocaust drilled into my head near-constantly growing up. So seeing it the first time was not this transformative moment for me the way it is for many, but just a well-made reaffirmation and generator of dull rage. As I've gotten older I've become less interested in chronicling the minutea of the outcome, and more in how this kind of ideology came to power in the first place in order to try to prevent it happening again. And it has been quite stressful to see how many places in recent years - including here - have initiated the start of that machine. I saw a comment or two in this very section trying to downplay or obfuscate these events.

28:31 "I feel like he needs the hunger games sign or something"... im sorry, but i had to Lol

This is a heavy one, and one that everyone should see but I'd like to suggest another movie; that being Defiance starring Daniel Craig and Leiv Schriber featuring the true story of the formation of a community of Jews in the eastern European forests who fought with anything they had to preserve themselves and their way of life. I think it would be excellent to react to and even if you don't post a reaction to it I hope you see it anyway.

I watch this movie every New Year. Never Forget!!!

The Best Picture Winner of that year and Director Steven Spielberg won his Oscar for Best Director. Liam Neeson stars as Schindler who was an American who sold bonds to the Nazi's. That was until he became a supporter of the Americans and a hero of the Jewish people

that's what happens when psychopaths have power. don't give them power.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this masterpiece of film. I’ve watched many reactions to this and believe if nothing else is learned by watching is that, not too long ago this happened. I notice the surprise to most people viewing this for the first time, to the casual insensitivity for the victims by their abusers. Read the first few hundred pages of, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, by William L. Shirer. It’s over twelve hundred pages, but I’ve not found any better work on how the world’s most educated and enlightened society could, misstep by misstep descend into such mass barbarism. We have reckless politicians from the left and the right all over the world leading the masses into the world of identity Politics.

Not so fun fact; They made amon goeth was less brutal, as his real acts were so brutal and unimaginable, that the movie would look "fake" and lose its realistic role. The people would think his acts were staged for the movie to be more dramatic.

Nobody is ever ready for this film, no matter how many times they see it. It is one of those movies that leaves you in tears. And the scary part... it is real, it happened, and now in happens again in Ukraine.

The Pianist next please :)

Everyone always say theyre ready... no one ever is. This is a one of a kind movie, if youre "ready for it" there is soemthing wrong with you. Probably _the_ best and most important film of all time. There should be a statue of Oscar Schindler in every major city.

At the end the actors are escorting the characters they played

I worked at Goodwill Industries for awhile. The piles of useful 'donations' and the sadness of the employees reminded me of that scene in the warehouse, remembering that many of these items dropped off were from the deceased. Very odd feeling in the back of one's mind, who knows history.

Everyone should watch this film & make sure this never happens again!!! 😢❤

Amon Goeth's real life granddaughter, Jennifer Teege, is biracial. She wrote a book about her family called 'My Grandfather Would Have Had Me Shot." It's a good read. When I think of Schindler I'm always struck by the fact that, had he been a better, more decent person, he couldn't have done what he did. It took a self-serving scoundrel to create the situation he found himself in when he finally realized that he could not abide the slaughter of children and took his stand against the Nazis. A "decent" man never would've been in the position to do what he did.

In the 1990's, Steven Spielberg produced and directed three movies that each juxtapose the horrific villainy of some humans against the soaring heroism of others. Though their subjects and stories are unrelated, I believe they should be viewed as a set; "Schindler's List", "Saving Private Ryan", and "Amistad". It was only the successes of the first two that allowed him to believe that the third movie was possible.

21:16 because nobody ever seems to realize that he is going crazy cause of the extrem heat and the bad smell of the dead bodies.

9:27 very grateful for the taming of Amon Goeth in this movie

I really enjoyed your reaction to this powerful film. Perhaps you would like to watch "12 Years A Slave" soon also. The Jewish Holocaust lasted just a few years, but slavery lasted 400 years, not to compare tragedies, but to emphasize the fact that such monstrous inhumanity, if not vigorously opposed, can continue indefinitely. Thank you for your insights and emotions. Keep up the good work.

a movie that everyone should watch

Hey Kay, I enjoy your channel. Here's the thing though watching this reaction you asked why about 30 times. That question has been asked for 80 years. Also you said when did the war end 1945-46 with a question mark. Also one of your major concerns was they made the poor dogs do this watch a lot of reactions to Schindler's list. Has a historian anyone under the age of 40 is absolutely no clue that this happened or why. Pisses me off that a lot of people don't even know this happened. God bless public education. It sucks. The reason we learn history is not to repeat our mistakes on a basic human level polona political level. Well that doesn't work either. Why you ask? I saw that Putin invasion of Ukraine coming years ago. When he took Crimea you followed Hitler's playbook I'll take a little bit see what happens. Genocide in Syria Hitler's playbook. Take a little nobody will do anything then conquer and see what happens. Well Ukraine happens. There are so many lessons in this movie. Again, you learn history to not repeat the past but, the sad thing is once reality turns into history it doesn't exist. ❤️💚☘️🇺🇦

This is basic history I've long noghgh

Defiance is another Holocaust-based film that I highly recommend you checking out - packed with drama, horror and action. It’s based on the story of the Bielski partisans (resistance fighters led by the Bielski brothers - Tuvia, Zus, Asael and Aron) hiding in the Belarusian forests during the Nazi occupation of most of the Soviet Union (in which Belarus was part of at the time). Another film I recommend checking out is Valkyrie - based on the Nazi officials led by armed forces Colonel Claus Von Stauffenberg who attempted to kill Hitler on 20th July ‘44. Shows you events leading up to it.

“I’m ready to get emotionally wrecked.” before knowing what this fully entails. -Are you now?

21:44...but it's not your shame. The shame lies with the US educational system.

The phrase essential workers bothers me. That phrase being said today (because of the pandemic) just creeps me out. And what is happening in Ukraine is awful. These things can happen again. When you said some people didn’t know about Auschwitz (not you but others) is really sad. We all need to know and remember so as not to repeat this. It’s a great movie. Yes, the actors stood beside the real people portrayed in the movie. Helen Hirsch was old now but was beside the young actress who portrayed her. So sobering. God bless them. Good reaction Kay.

I'm Just South Korean, But Still I Don't Know Why I Always Crying And Get PTSD When I Watching This Film...

Oskar Schindler was a real person.

„so is Thais a Real Person ?“ damnnn …….

Yes, at the end they are the still alive real Schindler's Jews being accompanied by their respective actors in the movie.

Brilliantly parodied in the Seinfeld episode "The Raincoats."

you are a great reactor.. thanks for this.. very good work

I'm sorry did you said that Poland was a Nazis supporter?

I am going to try to answer your questions. The movie starts with The sabbath candles In color to represent life before. Just as the flame is extinguished the film goes to black and white. The black and white is used to show that life was no longer Pretty, that life had lost it's Joy and color. The Use of having the girl in the red coat was to symbolize hope. Then when Oscar sees the bodies That were dug up to be burned he sees the girl In the red coat The switch Of what was happening!.The end of the movie when the Schindler's Jews and the actors who played them Goes back to !color to show that life has returned. Life is colorful. Life now has joy. I remember hearing that Oscar and his wife were the only non jews buried in Israel. When a Jewish person dies, depending on how observant they are, you do not send flowers. Flowers are technically dead because they're cut off from their life force.?Death is not pretty. Buy not play sing flowers The gravity and the Pain and discord of a person passing is meant to be Felt because death is not pretty. Jews placr Rocks on the headstone when visiting the grave of a Person who has passed. The rocks also symbolize the heavyness That death Brings. The avenue of The righteous Is for non Jew's who risked their own lives To help. the jews and prevent them from extermination . Schindler was a womanizer and a war proffiter As long as there has been war there have been people making money because of it. When they show the girl yelling goodbye juice And you mentioned something about the parents. The parents were doing the same thing. Because of the edict Regarding juice it gave permission to Everybody else To act so On human league. Often Times they were spit on and had garbage thrown at them..I remember seeing a Propaganda film about jews and it showed all of these rats Climbing over one another. Jews were not seen as human beings. This License to Behave with such depravity. This story is based on a book called Schindler's ark. There are 2 holocaust museums that I know of in The United States. 1 is in Washington DC and the other 1 is in points California. The Jude's really did not know what was happening. They are lying Was that They just do what They just do what the want to do they would be okay. The scene where there are piles of Things that the soldiers took away from the jews. And example of how they were not seeing as humans The scene in which the women are having their hair Cut off So that socks could be made for German U2 ubmariners You can find Memorabilia of the time where lampshades were made of human skin And Candles made from adipose. If you want to see a graphic depiction of What a camp look like and what the jews look like Watch episode 9 of band of brothers titled this is why we fight...