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I hated the brutality, the sadism, and the insanity of Nazism. I just couldn't stand by and see people destroyed. I did what I could, what I had to do, what my conscience told me I must do. That's all there is to it. Really, nothing more.
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Oskar Schindler speaking about his take on the final solution(refers to the German Nazis' plan to engage in systematic genocide against the European Jewish population during World War II.)[]

 

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