I had seen the film Schindler's List, in which Ralph Fiennes plays my grandfather. I knew he was playing a man called Goeth but I had not made the connection - it never occurred to me that we were related. I think if I had known all of this when I was younger, it would have been easier because I would have had a chance to integrate it into my life.
Getting the information so spontaneously, so out of the blue, it was almost impossible to make it fit in with my understanding of who I am. It was very distressing to know that Amon Goeth and I are genetically linked. I feel part of it, but still there is a distance - which is a difference between me and my mother, because she grew up with her own mother with my grandmother and for her it was difficult to leave the past behind.
I have tried not to leave the past behind but put it in a place where it belongs, which means not to ignore it, but not to let it overshadow my life.
I am not a reflection of this part of my family story but I am still very connected to it. I try to find a way to integrate it into my life. Oskar Schindler : That's power, Amon. That is power. Amon Goeth : You want these people? Oskar Schindler : These people. My people. I want my people. Amon Goeth : Who are you? Amon Goeth : Today is history. Today will be remembered. Years from now the young will ask with wonder about this day.
Today is history and you are part of it. Six hundred years ago, when elsewhere they were footing the blame for the Black Death, Casimir the Great - so called - told the Jews they could come to Krakow.
They came. They trundled their belongings into the city. They settled. They took hold. They prospered in business, science, education, the arts. They came with nothing. And they flourished. For six centuries there has been a Jewish Krakow. By this evening those six centuries will be a rumor. They never happened. Today is history. Amon Goeth : It has a nice sheen to it. What is it, silk? Oskar Schindler : Of course! I'd say I'd get you one but the man who made it's probably dead.
Amon Goeth : This is very cruel, Oskar. You're giving them hope. You shouldn't do that. Wilhelm Kunde : [Goeth is being driven round the Ghetto in an open top car] This street divides the ghetto just about in half. On the right, Ghetto A, civil employees, industrial workers and so on. On the left, Ghetto B, surplus labor, the elderly and infirm, mostly, which is where you will want to start.
Any questions? Amon Goeth : Ja. Why is the top down? I'm fucking freezing. Amon Goeth : Oskar, there's a clerical error here at the bottom of the last page. Oskar Schindler : No, there's one more name I want to put there. I'll never find a maid as well trained as her at Brinnlitz. They are all country girls. Amon Goeth : [referring to Helen] No. Oskar Schindler : One hand of If you win, I pay you Reichmarks. Hit a natural and I make it If I win, the girl goes on my list.
Amon Goeth : I can't wager Helen in a card game. Oskar Schindler : Why not? Amon Goeth : Wouldn't be right. What difference does it make? Amon Goeth : She's not going to Auschwitz. He shoots his houseboy for using the wrong kind of soap. So much for being merciful. In one particularly telling sequence, we see him attracted to his maid, Helen Hirsch, despite the fact that she's Jewish; every ounce of his Nazi self tells him that he should be revolted by her.
He wrestles with his attraction to her, trying to tell himself that she's not really a sub-human. When he can't reconcile, he beats her savagely. This scene sums up how every bit of human instinct has been twisted beyond repair in this guy. I mean it. If you need a reference after the war, I'd be happy to give you one. It's kind of lonely down here, it seems, with everyone upstairs having such a good time.
Yes, I mean, I would like, so much, to reach out and touch you in your loneliness. What would that be like, I wonder? I mean, what would be wrong with that? I realize that you're not a person in the strictest sense of the word.
Maybe you're right about that too. You know, maybe what's wrong isn't - it's not us - it's this. I mean, when they compare you to vermin and to rodents and to lice, I just, uh You make a good point, a very good point.
Is this the face of a rat? Are these the eyes of a rat? That's not a Jew's eyes. I feel for you, Helen. No, I don't think so. You nearly talked me into it, didn't you?
Goeth continues making Helen's nightmarish life even worse. But is some distorted way, this shows us a shred of humanity—he has sexual and romantic feelings like everyone else. This isn't some different species, something we could never be and never understand. Top Content. Jester of Chaos BeholderofStuff Valkerone. TimeShade TyA. Pure Evil Terms. Explore Wikis Community Central.
Register Don't have an account? Amon Goeth. View source. History Talk 0. Do you like this video? Play Sound. Universal Conquest Wiki. Mature pages are recommended for those who are 18 years of age and older. I would like so much to reach out to you and touch you in your loneliness.
What would it be like, I wonder? What would be wrong with that? I mean, when they compare you to vermin, to rodents and to lice.
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