The scene quickly fades to black and white and brings us to our setting for the majority of the film, it is 1939 and the Germans are enforcing the relocation of the Polish Jews in the Kraków ghetto. Suddenly, Oskar Schindler appears in his Krakow hotel room however you cannot see his face and the camera focuses on his possessions. At a nightclub, Oskar attempts to ingratiate himself with the local Nazis in order to secure rewarding war contracts, Schindler sends drinks to the table. Before long, he is treating a large table of Nazis and their friends to expensive food and fine wine. Schindler entertains and applauds SS officials in charge of procurement in order to attain a factory of his own. He is given one that manufactures army mess kits and cooking paraphernalia. He next visits the Jewish Council charged with carrying out Nazi orders in Krakow to seek help regarding running a business in which he finds Itzhak Stern, his future accountant. Schindler tells Stern that he needs investors, “Jews”, to help him buy an enamelware factory, since Jews by law cannot own businesses, and Schindler tells Stern that he will pay investors in product, not …show more content…
He also wants Stern to run the business, but Stern initially declines the offer, telling Schindler that the Jews will not be interested in investing. Schindler, despite that, is determined, he intends to make money from the Jews relocation. Next, he visits a church where Jewish smugglers conduct business. All of the smugglers are scared off except Poldek Pfefferberg. Schindler tells Pfefferberg he will need many luxury items in the coming months and Pfefferberg promises to obtain them. The scene changes to one of the masses of Jews walking over a bridge. Their armbands stand out outspokenly. It is March 20, 1941-the deadline for Jews to enter the ghetto. While Schindler has arrived at his new luxury apartment, recently vacated by the Nussbaum family, the Nussbaum themselves, arrives in the ghetto with thousands of other uprooted families. Schindler finally secures money from the Jewish investors, who agree to accept goods as payment, because Schindler points out money will be worthless in the ghetto. Schindler sets up his factory with Stern’s help and hires Jews rather than Poles because they are cheaper to