Symbols

__**Symbol-**__ an object or name that stands for something else.

The symbols in this story are the girl in the red coat, the road paved with jewish headstones, and piles of personal items.

The girl in the red coat is the most obvious symbol in Schindler's List, simply because her coat is the only color object, other than the candle, which was at the begging of the movie. To Schindler, she represents the innocence of the Jews being slaughtered. He sees her from high atop a hill and is riveted by her, almost to the exclusion of the surrounding violence.

The road through the Plaszów labor camp, paved with headstones torn up from Jewish cemeteries, is a replica of the actual road that existed there. The road adds to the historical accuracy of the film but also symbolizes the destruction of the Jewish race.

When they were transported to the trains the Nazis took their luggage and took all their good items. They took it to a room that would hold huge piles of personal belongings, including photographs, shoes, hairbrushes, and clothing, all separated for processing. At a table sits a group of Jewish jewelers, forced to sort and determine the value of the gold, silver, and jewels belonging to those on the train. These piles symbolize the millions of lives that were lost—not just the physical lives but the very essence of the victims, who are stripped of their identity.