The “Aryan race” was a term Adolf Hitler used to designate a supposedly superior race of Nordic-looking people with blond hair and blue eyes. This became the basis for the Nazis’ elimination of groups that they believed were inferior, like Jewish and Slavic people. Hitler did not invent the concept of an Aryan race himself, but since World War II, the term has been linked to his interpretation of it.
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Aryan Term Timeline in Schindler’s List
The timeline below shows where the term Aryan appears in Schindler’s List. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 10
...in the smuggling of black-market goods. He is helped in part because he has an “Aryan” appearance.
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Chapter 23
...doesn’t expect him to be loyal to her. Anxiously, Regina admits to Schindler that her Aryan papers are fake and that her parents are in the camp. Schindler, however, disappoints her...
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Chapter 25
...notice of Schindler is a physician named Dr. Sopp. He catches a woman with dubious Aryan papers whose husband has invested in Emalia and blackmails Schindler for 50,000 złotys. As always,...
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