– The Gestapo was a secret police force that operated in Germany and Nazi-occupied Europe. They were major contributors to the Holocaust and became infamous for their ruthless suppression of dissent, using tactics like constant surveillance and torture.
Gestapo Quotes in Schindler’s List
The Schindler’s List quotes below are all either spoken by Gestapo or refer to Gestapo. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 11
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Then, in the butt end of 1941, Oskar found himself under arrest. Someone—one of the Polish shipping clerks, one of the German technicians in the munitions section, you couldn’t tell—had denounced him, had gone to Pomorska Street and given information. Two plainclothes Gestapo men drove up Lipowa Street one morning and blocked the entrance with their Mercedes as if they intended to bring all commerce at Emalia to an end.
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Gestapo Term Timeline in Schindler’s List
The timeline below shows where the term Gestapo appears in Schindler’s List. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 3
...there, so he goes to hide in the kitchen (believing that Schindler is with the Gestapo). Schindler surprises them, however, with his quiet demeanor. He says that Mrs. Pfefferberg was recommended...
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Chapter 10
...him to fake a bad back. Despite some initial resistance—Pfefferberg is required to see a Gestapo doctor too—Pfefferberg is eventually discharged from the OD. The next day, Germany invades Russia. Schindler...
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Chapter 11
...of 1941, Schindler suddenly finds himself under arrest. Some unknown person denounced him, so two Gestapo officers show up at his house and present warrants. They ask for his business files...
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Schindler charms the Gestapo man who interviews him. He reminds the man that his factory meets its quotas. The...
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Chapter 12
...reports him, and he is arrested again on the morning of the 29th by two Gestapo men (more confident than the two Gestapo from the last time).
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Chapter 16
...The resisters also arrange for two of OD chief Spira’s lieutenants to be killed by Gestapo. Others, however, take on different forms of resistance, like one Jewish man who has to...
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Chapter 24
Schindler takes similar actions, such as one time when the Gestapo discover a forger who has made false documents for a family working at Schindler’s camp....
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Chapter 33
...the preparations for the new factory in Brinnlitz, Schindler is arrested for a third time. Gestapo show up after a truck from Cracow arrives with cigarettes, vodka, cognac, and champagne. The...
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In Schindler’s office, the two Gestapo men ask Schindler about his connections with Goeth and Goeth’s loot. Schindler says he has...
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Chapter 36
Schindler makes another costly deal with the Gestapo about prisoners. One subject of this deal is Benjamin Wrozlawski, who is an inmate at...
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