In sum, Oskar Schindler saved more than 1,100 Jewish lives by providing them with work in the factory he owned. His views on anti-Semitism are known to have changed during the war.
Originally, as a member of the Nazi party, he started hiring Jews for his business for reasons of maximising profits. Jews turned out to be a cheap and hard-working workforce; essential for the success of the factory. In addition, some even had a small capital they would invest in his business. In return, he protected them from falling into the hands of the Nazis. However, Schindler developed a special compassion for his Jewish employees over time. He came to treat them more as his equals, and stood up against torture, unlike many of his colleagues, who regarded themselves as superiors. He repetitively insisted that the workers were his property, and that they realized essential, and profitable production for the nation, but his true intention became apparent when he increasingly started to prioritize protecting Jewish lives over realizing personal profit. Ultimately, to save his workers from being sent off to…show more content… This observation enables historians to aim for objectivity, while the public should be aware of the limitations of information, portrayals, and data. Denying these limitations will make people believe they have obtained full historical knowledge after a visit to the museum, while in fact it only served a selcetive perspective. Looking at Schindler's Factory, when it became part of the MHK in 2010, the municipaly of Kraków used the popularity of Schindler's heroic narrative to promote the city's own history. On their website they explain this (ab)use as follows: "The character of Oskar Schindler and the life stories of the Kraków Jews he saved are presented in the exhibition as part of the city’s complex wartime
