Please explain some of the motivation of Schindler of Schindler's List film?

Answer 1

I actually read the book so I can tell you a bit more. Mr. Schindler was interested in making a profit when he first bought his factory, but he ran into a shortage of workers. Before he even knew what was happening to the Jews, he got permission to use Jewish labor.

When he DID realize what was going on, he set out to protect as many as he could. The Nazis wanted to transport the women and children to the death camps, but Schindler stopped them. He told them the women were also employed and only the children could get into tight corners behind the machines to clean and oil them.

He called in every favor he was owed and paid every bribe he had to to keep his workers at the factory. In the end he sacrificed all his personal fortune to save those under his care.

The sad thing is he was never able to do anything after the war. He made money and lost it. Finally the people he had saved saved him. They set up a trust fund to provide for him and his family for the rest of his life.

Answer 2

He seemed to be a man of the day, hoping not only to survive, but also thrive in his time. I believe he was motivated by profit, yet also had a good heart towards the Jews. I think that at first he helped the Jews because it helped him make money, but later on as he got to know many of them who worked for him on a real personal level, he felt compelled to try to save their lives. His motivation then would be more altruistic, or genuine, doing it because it was in his mind the right thing to do.
I am going by what I saw in the movie. I didn't read the book or do any research on Schindler.