Oskar Schindler was a member of the Nazi party and a war profiteer. He saved 1,100 Jews during the holocaust. He was enigmatic - - one man who against overwhelming odds made a difference. <br /> 'Save one life and you save the world.' <br /> <br /> Dark tide of evil swept across Europe <br /> Eclipsing light and truth <br /> With Nazi jack-boots stamping down <br /> On necks of innocence to oppress <br /> With SS and Gestapo spreading terror <br /> And for Jews... Hitler's Final Solution. <br /> <br /> Schindler was a German businessman <br /> Successful, enjoying a good life <br /> Wining and dining in best restaurants, <br /> Making love to beautiful women <br /> Driving fast cars, friend of high ranking SS <br /> Using the black market to make huge profits. <br /> <br /> When he saw the treatment of the Jews <br /> Forced to wear the Star of David <br /> Humiliated and beaten in the streets <br /> Living in ghettos like animals in a zoo <br /> Transported in cattle trucks to death camps <br /> Then a divine light flickered-on in his heart. <br /> <br /> Seeing the evil he tried to rescue Jews <br /> Purchasing a factory to employ Jewish labour <br /> Saving them from the gas chamber <br /> Creating his list of names and bribing the SS <br /> Risking torture and execution <br /> Saving as many Jews as he could. <br /> <br /> Jews he saved called themselves 'Schindler's Juden' <br /> And when the war was over Israel honoured him <br /> Giving him the title of ‘Righteous Person'. <br /> He planted a tree in the Avenue of the Righteous <br /> Where it flourishes as a sign of one man's morality. <br /> Oskar Schindler is buried in Israel.<br /><br />Colin Ian Jeffery<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/schindler-s-list/
