How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Schindler's List.
Quote #1
SS OFFICER: That's what they have done since thousands of years. It's what they do, they weather the storm.
SS OFFICER: But this storm is different. This is not the Romans, this storm is the SS.
The SS officers have an awfully high opinion of what they're capable of, but the ominous nature of this statement means that the attack now will be much, much worse from the attacks in the past. Considering the harsh persecutions the Jews experienced in the past, this reflects some serious hatred.
Quote #2
JEWISH WOMAN: They come into our house and tell us we don't live there anymore. It now belongs to a certain SS Officer.
CLERK: Please, I only know what they tell me, and what they tell me changes from day to day.
JEWISH WOMAN: Aren't you supposed to be able to help? I mean, what if I just took this thing off, what are they going to do about it?
CLERK: They will shoot you.
These characters are circling around an important issue: what the Nazis are doing doesn't make any sense. That's how hate works. The Jews are trying to find some logic in it all and there is no logic. They just want the Jews dead.
Quote #3
HORRIBLE LITTLE GIRL: Goodbye Jews! Goodbye Jews! Goodbye Jews!
Rodgers and Hammerstein were right: You've got to be taught to hate and fear. The abject cruelty of this little Polish girl suggests that the problem runs much deeper than evil men in gray uniforms. The Nazis had all kinds of justifications to kill the Jews, but in the end? Too many people just plain hated them. The Nazis had plenty of help from ordinary citizens—"Hitler's Willing Executioners" as one author called them.