Discussion on Schindler's List as Fiction

The film is based upon this book, right?

Yeah, that's right.

This book, Schindler's List. Now, as Mr.

Zundel said, this book is a work of

fiction.

Yeah.

Then, uh, Mr. Zundel, you pointed out to me in so many places,

and if you don't

mind, I'm just gonna take the liberty to read

part of it here.

No, that's

fine.

This book, in the beginning, in the back, and front cover

says this is a work of fiction. Now, think what that...

Well, let, let me read it to you here. Uh, this is in the very front cover.

It says, "This book is a work of fiction.

Names, characters, places, and incidents are

either products of the author's imagination or

are used fictitiously." And now, I'm gonna let that soak in,

friends. That's right out of the book here,

Schindler's List.

It also says this. It says, uh, "Any resemblance to

actual events or locales or persons,

living or dead, is entirely coincidental." Now imagine,

we've got in America today this Schindler's List being sch- shown to

schoolchildren as if it's the truth, and the author right away says, "Hey,

this thing, whole thing is, uh, is imagination. We made it up.

It's fiction."

Yeah. We have governors of states like New

Jersey and

California

actually decreeing that school students must go

and see the film.

They have over 30,000 teaching guides already shipped out.

It, it is an amazing thing to me that we are trying to teach our

children about a historical event, alleged historical event,

based on a prize-winning novel.

Well, let me read a- another one in the, in the back.

Let me give you another one here. It says, "In addition

to Schindler's List, which won the Book's

Prize

and the LA Times Book Award for

Fiction."

Mm-hmm.

So here we have a film, ladies and gentlemen, Schindler's

List, being shown to our schoolchildren as truth

when it's based on the book that says this is a work of fiction.

In other words, it's not true.