The motion picture,
The Pianist is the true story of Wladyslaw Szpilman who was one of the most accomplished musicians in Poland in the 1930s. This film does an excellent job of explaining why it became impossible for the Jewish people living in Europe to escape the Nazis and the plight of hundreds of thousands of Jews living in Warsaw. What did you learn from the film that you didn't know before?
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Absent this day
Before watching this film I did not realize the extent to which the Nazis controlled Germany, the people, and the Jews. I have never learned about the Holocaust in such detail before this class. Now I fully understand why the Jewish people could not leave Germany and save themselves.
I learned that the Nazi's would go to this extreme to get rid of the jewish public. I also fully under stand why the jewish could not leave Germany. It almost brought me to tears just wondering why would the Germans think they would think why, why do they think they CAN get away with it.
I was absent for the first half of the film but in what I saw today, I learned how scarring it would have been to live during the time of the Nazis. Even for people who weren't Jewish, I don't understand how they could have watched the horrific events play out as Jewish citizens are lied to and tricked over and over again.
I agree with what Krystle said because before this class, I didn't understand why Jewish citizens didn't just leave Germany.
I didn't know of the ghettos and how the jewish people were prisoners within them. The Nazis not only took control and killed people but they made next to imposible to live. It was hard to get food and a job, money was very little and I also learned that alot of jewish people died of starvation.
I agree with Krystle I also didnt know why people didnt just go out of the countries being taken over
I didn’t realize how poorly Jews were treated in Nazi Germany before even entering an extermination camp. I think this movie was really eye-opening for me and gave me a much better understanding of how the whole Holocaust played out.
I agree with Krystle because I didn't understand why Jews couldn't leave Germany before I saw this movie.
I never really understood the extent to which the Nazis controlled the lives of the Jewish people until I watched this movie. It was shocking to see dead bodies lying around the streets, and even people eating off of the ground just to survive. I also realized how hard it was for people to make money. This movie gives me almost a full perspective on what it was like to be there, which i did not have before.
Before this film I knew that the Nazi were power and very harmful, but I never realized it was this bad. I never thought that they would take an old man in a wheelchair and through him off a balcony. And the only reason they did this was because they could. I found this film to be shocking and extremely sad.
I had no idea that the Nazis were as powerful as they were shown in the film and I also never knew how extreme the Nazis were about killing people. This is shown when the Nazis drove to one random house in the movie just to invade it and kill everyone inside. The Nazis threw these people out the window and ran over them if they weren’t killed. They would really just kill anyone that they wished and whenever they felt like it.
I agree with Marissa because I knew that the Nazis were powerful and harmful but I never knew how harsh they actually were. It shocked me that they constantly killed random people whenever they wanted.
I agree with Erik and how desperate the people where. Like when the old man steals the old Ladies food and eats it off the floor. It's just appalling what these people had to go through.
From watching this film I had no idea that the Nazi's were that cruel. I was shocked at the scene when they went to that Jewish family house and killed all of them just because they can. I also did not realize how many people were dead on the streets and it was sad to see the people just walk over and around them but I can understand why they did this. That is what I learned from this film.
I noticed how brutally treated the Jews in Warsaw were treated. The Nazis were killing machines and were uneffected by the sights of watching hundreds of jewish bodies hit the ground. I learned how terrible these people were treated and it's almost unbelievable that this was all possible. It is just mindblowing
I was absent for this whole film unfortunately.
I learned about some of the thoughts against starting an uprising. I wasn't sure if becoming the resistance was a legitimate idea at the time. Now I understand that having grater numbers made no difference if the condition of the oppressed was consistently so weak. I also learned of how large of a role uncertainty had for the Jewish people.
I agree with Delson, before today I didn't know that the leading cause of death for Jewish people in the Holocaust was starvation. It makes sense because starving someone doesn't cost any money but starving is such a long and painful death. Some of the people there could have bought a carmel with the last of their money only to shortly delay their death.
The main thing I learned from the Pianist was the extent that the Nazis went to to instill fear in the Jewish people. They did horrendous things to Jews just because they could. The most memorable scene for me was when the Nazis pushed the man in the wheelchair out of the window. I learned from this film how hard it was for Jewish people to leave and go to a different country; they were basically trapped with no way out.
I agree with Missy, I thought this movie was very shocking and powerful. I knew that the Nazis were very powerful and harsh in their treatment of the Jews, but I did not realize the full extent until watching this film.
This movie was great I can't believe we're not going to finish it in class. I'm going to have to rent it otherwise its going to drive me nuts until I find out how it ends. This movie showed a more graphic side of the Nazi's treatment of the Jews which I suppose is now where this class is headed. I felt this shocked me while peeking my interest in a grotesque sort of way.
I agree with Krystle A. I now have a better understanding of why the jewish people could not remove themselves from the situation.
At first I didn't expect the Nazis were THAT ridiculous to the extent of throwing a handicapped old man off of a balcony. It was sad and heart breaking having to see what these people had to go through. I couldn't imagine having to live my life every second in fear. After this film I learned more specifics of what the Nazis did and the visual of how they acted will always be in my head versus just being told how they acted.
Before watching this movie, I had no idea exactly how much power the Nazis had over the Jews. I just thought that they did the awful things they did because they were ordered to do so. I didn't know that they dis some of them just because they could. For example, when they threw the man in the wheelchair out the window and shot and ran over the rest of the family. This just shows how superior the Nazis believed they were to the Jews.
I agree with Krystle. It seems simple for the Jewish people to just leave Germany. But after watching this film it clearly shows how controlled they were and fearful they were to even save themselves.
I agree with Krystle. It seems simple for the Jewish people to just leave Germany. But after watching this film it clearly shows how controlled they were and fearful they were to even save themselves.
I agree with alisa. I definitely was not aware of the extents of torture that the Nazis went to to put fear in the Jews.
After watching this film I didn't realize exactly how terrible living conditions were for Jews even before the concentration camp. And how slow the process was. First they banned them from the park and restaurants, and then they wouldn't let them out at night and then they started destroying the stores. Eventually the Nazi's moved them to a blocked off part of town and just started killing randomly and mercilessly. I think it's just so distinguished that they could kill so many innocent people without a single ounce of guilt.
I missed the first day we watched the film, but the part I saw showed me a much more relatable and real depiction of life for the Jews during the holocaust. I thought it was crazy how easily so many people were killed and the types of conditions that people lived in. The movie also showed the motivation for the Jewish people not to flee during the holocaust and how people got caught up in the middle I the holocaust.
I agree with mike that the movie showed just how much control that the Nazis had over the Jews. They had enough power to do pretty much whatever they wanted and they even took advantage of that power by killing people so easily and taking bribes.
The "Pianist" was a very sad and horrifying film to watch. It taught me so much about what was going on in Germany at the time. It was horrible to learn that real people had to go through and witness these traumatic events. This film showed me how Nazis at the time gained so much control over the Jews by instilling so much fear in them. They would go into random peoples houses and kill them, just because they could. They wanted to show the Jews that they had all the power over them. Dead bodies laying in the street would be a normal sight at the time in Germany. The Nazis would leave the dead bodies in the street just to prove to the Jews that they had the power to kill them all. All the bystands at the time contributed to the Nazis gain in power, because they didn't fight them at all. Bystandards who sat by and watched the Nazis murder Jews and kill families had just as much to do with the result of a Holocaust.
I agree with Steph that I learned the Jewish people had no way out of the situation and it was almost impossible to get away from the Nazis.
I learned that no matter what anybody said or did, most people remained bystanders and just watched as the Nazis destroyed their homes and families. I also learned that for the jews, death became so commonplace that even the sight of dead children in the streets didnt effect the people walking by. It amazes me that people would become so accepting and passive of the nazis influences. i agree with Krystal's post about how the Nazis had a stranglehold on germany and made it impossible for anybody, especially the jews, to leave without risk of death. i dont know what i wouldve done in their situation, but i am very certain that once there was absolutely no way out, i would do my best to survive with my loved ones.
After watching this movie I learned that the experiences that these Jewish people had to go through were absolutely unbelievable. Getting a glimpse of what they saw on a day to day basis has broadened my understanding about the Nazi hatred towards Jews.
I agree with Erik in how shocking it was to see multiple dead bodies on the street. I can't even imagine what it would be like to see that everyday.
before seeing the pianist, i never really truly understood the size and scale of the leadup to the holocaust in the form of the treatment of the jews by the nazis. the movie really showed me that the events which prelude the holocaust are just as bad if not worse in terms of cruelty neglect towards human life. one scene that really struck home with me and stucj with me was the scene in which the nazis came intothe apartment acrossfrom the main characters and proceeded to dump the oldman in a wheelchair out of the window on to the street stories below. they then brought the others outside and mowed theem down purely because they could. this really reverberated with me just how cruel the nazis were.
I was absemt for the first jalf but what stuck out to me in the second half was that seeing bodies lying ariund the streets was cinsidered normal at this time. Also, the scenes where the family was dragged in to the street tovbe gunned down as they flee and when the lady was shot point blank for asking where they were going, seemed to me to be particularly awful.
After watching this film i had a much better understanding of exactly what the jewish people of germany went through and why it was very difficult to leave germany and the control of the nazi's
I agree with Krystle and the fact that it was impossible for jewish people to escape from germany
Before watching this film I understood how drastic of measures that Jewish people were put through by the Nazi's. After seeing them kill innocent families, in the film, really exemplafied how heartless and cruel the Nazi's were. They dehumanized the Jewish people to an extent where they felt it necessary to run them over in the streets so that not a single one would be living. Watching this film created a better understand for me, a more connected and heartfelt one.
I agree with Ali Potts on how horrific this film was to watch and see nazis invade Jewish homes just because they can.
I agree with krystal the film clearly depicted the struggles that the Jews faced in Warsaw and it was obvious why they couldn't escape
I agree with krystal the film clearly depicted the struggles that the Jews faced in Warsaw and it was obvious why they couldn't escape
I thought this film was very sad. It showed how a real Jewish family during this time was treated. I never knew bout the ghettos that they were sent to live in also so this movie taught me alot.
I agree with patrick because this film really taught me alot more on what went on specifically between each family
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