Posts Tagged ‘WWII’

History of Belarus in 5 minutes – Learn a lot for Belarus in short time

Tuesday, October 30th, 2012

I've been recently interested in Belarusian History. I found few very interesting videos in youtube, so decided with people who want to learn more about Slavonic Culture. Belarus is a Slavonic culture and old Belarusian language dates back to Ancient Bulgarian traditions. Also Belarusian Ancient language includes a lot of Slavonic Ancient Bulgarian words. As a Bulgarian it is very interesting to me too the severe impact that our Great Bulgarian nation had on Slavonic Nations and Russians. Belarusians both lingually and culturely are very close to us Bulgarian. Orthodox Christian faith which later spread in Belarusian lands, has also been transferred from Bulgarian and Serbian lands to Belarus. After the pupils of Saint Cyril and Methodius, spread Slavonic alphabet in nowdays Romanian lands, Moldova and Belarus.
The first below video Belarus History in 5 minutes has a genuine video and musical arrangment. It was quite interesting to me, find out Belarussian people had a long known tradition in Musical Instruments and Folklore Music. Nowdays they produce also a great Gothic Music, just like most of celtic nations 🙂

History of Bulgarus in 5 minutes – Aristic short presentation lesson on Belarussian history


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At first, there was nothing

 

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now there’s a lot of everything

 

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we have to thank God for that

 

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He created our world in the freestyle genre

 

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He said, "Budzma" (“So be it!”)

 

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and Our Land appeared.

 

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Ichthyosauri and other dragons…

 

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in the beginning, we lived in the ocean

 

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but then we left the bosom of the sea

 

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and started to be called the Neuri.

 

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From the earliest times

 

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the Neuri could turn into wolves

 

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that was a customary thing for them…

 

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Žycien, Piarun, Dažboh, and Svaroh

 

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our ancestors believed in heathen gods

 

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but Christianity already knocked on the door.

 

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Let’s know our roots! The Belarusians, the daring people!

 

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In the year 862 of our era

 

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the city of Polacak was mentioned for the first time

 

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There, St. Safija Cathedral was build

 

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(there’re only three such churches in the world)

 

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Local Prince Usiaslau Caradziej

 

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was a cool personage; Listen what I say!

 

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St. Jefrasinnia lived in Polacak

 

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the memory of her is cherished down the ages

 

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The famous cross was made for her

 

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(it wasn’t just super, it was marvelous)

 

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but during WWII, it was lost

 

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and now it’s our own grail

 

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Let’s continue, let’s march ahead

 

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The time of Grand Prince Mindouh came

 

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and here we must remember that

 

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Belarus was called Litva then

 

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or rather – the Grand Principality of Litva

 

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its coat of arms was Pahonia (pursuit)

 

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it had a formidable army

 

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Our capital Vilnia was founded by

 

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Grand Prince Hiedymin

 

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the legend says he had a dream about an iron wolf…

 

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Wikipedia describes this event

 

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Let’s know our roots!

 

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The Belarusians, the daring people!

 

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The year 1362

 

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The sword is drawn; flags flutter in the wind…

 

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In the Battle of Blue Waters

 

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our army defeated three Khans of the Golden Horde

 

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and the Grand Principality of Litva suddenly

 

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became the largest country in Europe

 

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Let’s continue, let’s march ahead.

 

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Vitaut reigns in the Grand Principality

 

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The Teutonic Order threatens us.

 

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The Battle of Grunwald shows who’s right

 

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Vitaut and Jahajla, King of Poland

 

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junked the Crusaders like scrap metal

 

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Francysk Skaryna was a tough guy

 

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he went to study abroad

 

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He was the first who printed the Bible

 

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in the Old Belarusian language in Prague

 

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Our warriors were tough men, too

 

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they defeated the Moscow Army near Vorsa

 

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in the year 1514

 

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In the meantime, the Grand Principality of Litva

 

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accepted its constitution – the Statute of the GPL 1588

 

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In the Battle of Kircholm, we defeated the Swedish army

 

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Apparently, you didn’t know this fact before.

 

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Let’s know our roots!

 

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In the city of Mahilou

 

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7,000 invaders were killed in the fight

 

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Who were these invaders? Well, these … from the East

 

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representatives of the "brotherly" Russian nation

 

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They were called Muscovites then.

 

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And there’s already a new state

 

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the Polish–Litvian Commonwealth

 

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For some reason, it irritated all the neighbors

 

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The three partitions of this Commonwealth

 

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and we were divided between three states

 

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The biggest part was occupied by Russia

 

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It engendered discontent among the nobility

 

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and Tadevus Kasciuska appears on the scene

 

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It’s necessary to remember this name because

 

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he was a great revolutionary

 

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for liberty, equality and fraternity

 

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he struggled even in the United States

 

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but the Russian Tsar cast him into prison

 

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Let’s know our roots!

 

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During Napoleon’s war

 

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the Belarusians fought with the Belarusians

 

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and in 1863 there was a new rebellion

 

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Kastus Kalinouski, a patriot of Belarus

 

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and his peasant soldiers – "kasiniery"

 

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struggled for independence

 

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but he was caught and hanged in Vilnia

 

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The world enters the 20th century

 

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It’s necessary to revive our culture!

 

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Bahusevic, Bahdanovic, Kupala and Kolas

 

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Lastouski, Luckievic… Many people!

 

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Dozens and dozens of outstanding names…

 

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but the Red Revolution is approaching fast

 

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Well, in the terror of the Revolution

 

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a new state with a beautiful name was born

 

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the Belarusian People’s Republic

 

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We still celebrate the day it was proclaimed

 

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But suddenly, out of the blue

 

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another Republic was installed here

 

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its name wasn’t romantic at all

 

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Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic.

 

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The 1920s. We remember that time

 

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Belarusianization is everywhere

 

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Writers publish their excellent works

 

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Viciebsk artists create their chefs-d’oeuvre…

 

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This process was stopped

 

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in the year 1937

 

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the blood purge began.

 

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After that, one more hell – WWII

 

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There were invaders, there were partisans

 

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the country was torn apart again…

 

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The Belarusians fought with the Belarusians again

 

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shedding each other’s blood

 

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The war is over! No need to fight!

 

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There’re cosmonauts flying in the sky

 

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Maserau, it’s time for you to speak!

 

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Piesniary, it’s time for you to sing!

 

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Barys Kit, make your discoveries for NASA

 

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and we keep living in our country

 

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which name now is the Republic of Belarus

 

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We’ve got our ensign and national emblem

 

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we sing our songs and read our poems…

 

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the year 1991…

 

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Let’s know our roots!

 

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The Belarusians, the daring people!

 

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We stop here, but now it’s your time

 

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All of you can write your own continuation…

 

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Let’s know our roots!

 

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The Belarusians, the daring people!

 

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Let’s know our roots!

 

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The Belarusians, the daring people!

 

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Budzma viedac svoj rod!

 

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Salony narod, Bielaruski narod!

 

History of Belarus Гісторыя Беларусі Historia Białorusi _ – 8 minutes video explaining in short Belarusian etymological roots

Ancient Musical Instruments of Belarus

Most importantly, nowdays Belarus still hold the light of Orthodox Christian faith, just like us Bulgarians. Spiritually Bulgaria and Belarus is united in our Orthodox Christian faith. This summer, I had the blessing many Belarusians in Pomorie Monastery (An Orthodox monastery located in the Black Sea sea coast (near Burgas) in Bulgaria). I've been amazed by the faith and spirituality Belarusians still hold even in this "dark times" of Christian faith decay and increased ungodliness.

History of Belarus (A 10 minutes short History of

Schindler’s List – A must see classical movie about the terrible Jewish Holocaust during World War II

Wednesday, September 10th, 2014

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A very little is known in these days especially among young people of Europe about the terrible attrocities of the Jewish Holocaust and the concentration camps like Auschwitz organized by Hitler's Nazi Germany in World War II.

Schindler's List is a very good American movie (from 1993) retelling a true story about how enterpreneur Oskar Schindler managed to save about 1200 Jewish people from extermination in the camp of dead – Auschwitz during WWII.
Schindler's List is a movie that shows how even a deeply business oriented money obsessed man like O.

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Schindler was before the beginning of war could grow in the love of Christ and Christian faith to risk his life and well being in order to be liable and honest with himself in a years when most of Nazi's Germans become totally unhuman and obsessed to wipe out existence of Old Testament God's Choosen People – The Jewish.

The movie is based on a popular novel Schindler's Ark by Canadian Thomas Keneally about how the German Shindler saved lifes of thousand Polish-Jewish refugees by creating an own business (fabric) run in Nazi's Germany before WWII and later inside a concentration camp. The movie is shot by the the film legend Steven Spilberg (who is also a Jew) intentionally Black and White to put an extra artistic impact and is very much made to look like a documentary.

The movie is 3 hours 28 minutes of Drama and has multiple awards for  Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Original Score. The movie plot starts from how the anti-semitism in Germany started and how it progressed a little time before the emerge of war and the start of Jewish persecution. The main actors are Oscar Schindler a member of German Nazi Party whose dream is to make a big fortune out of the war. By using bribes and his bright manipulative personality he manages to bribe Wehrmacht (German Armed Forces) and WWII SS (German special forces). Schindler uses the local Jewish Itzhak Stern who has plenty of contacts in Jewish Business community and black marketers to form a cheap-hand jewish labour force for his factory for metal vessels to be used within Germany Nazi's Army. Many high qualified jewish was more than happy to be hired in his "Fabryka Oskara Schindlera" fabric, because this was quite a better alternative than being in one of the deadly concentration camps.

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The movie shows, how jewish were forced to obey an always changing and unclear criterias in order to convince them they're no good for nothing and thus for Nazis to find reason to kill as many as possible of them. At a certain point the situation gets out of control and Jewish peoples who are forced to live in Jewish ghettos start being randomly mass murdered for missing reasons in Płaszów concentration camp. SS-Untersturmführer (second lieutenant) Amon Goeth is responsible to oversee the Plaszow camp , once the camp completes its construction by jews, he orders getto liquidated.

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As the Germans start loosing the war, an order is made to sent all surviving jews to the most deadly Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz.

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Oscan Schindler (also known by all jews as the director), witnesses the jewish massacres and in being profoundly affected, makes full effort to convince the Nazis the his company jews are important as a workforce and he needs them to produce ammos and military weapons in order to make full profit.
He has to pay almost all his earned money in early prior war times and first 2 war years in order to ransom the jews and sents him to work in another established factory of his (he manages to convince Nazis that even children and handicapped are useful for his company thus managing to save a multitude of doomed innocent people. As the train carrying women and children is accidentally redirected to Auschwitz-Birkenau, Schindler bribes the commandant of Auschwitz with a bag of diamonds to win their release.

In his new factory Shindler forbids the SS guards to enter the factory and orders the production of ammos and weapons to be produced defective by his workers. Letting them to even to observe their Jewish Shabbath (Sabbath). In the next 7 months Shindler bribes multiple Nazi officials and runs out of money in 1945 exactly when the War in Europe is over with  Germany surrender. The SS Guards are being ordered to kill the Jews as the red-army is advancing and soon liberate the concentration camp, however Shindler succesfully convinces SS's to let Jews alive and go to their families and homes.

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As a sign of thankstfullness his jewish workers give Schindler a signed statement attesting to his role saving Jewish lives, together with a ring engraved with a Talmudic quotation: "Whoever saves one life saves the world entire.". Schindler is deeply ashamed for not doing even more to save more Jews from extermination. Schindler has to flee the concentration camp to escape being killed by the approaching red-army. On next morning Soviet soldier comes and announces liberation of Jews. The evil Hitler follower Goeth is executed for his crimes against humanity and his unwillingness to refuse his Nazis ideas.

The movie is quite hard to grasp, so prepare for a lot of bloody scenes, nomatter that it is one of the best movies I've seen and has good spiritual elements. It is also good to see for it shows that the Good always triumphs victoriously over the evil.
Happy Watching!