Not as good as what I thought it would be. Watch the movie instead for a more emotional punch.

Great story but not well told.

Stunning, Schindler's List contrasts the darkest and brightest elements of humanity with style. A must-read.

I am crying after finishing this book. I don’t know if they are tears of sadness about what happened; horror about what I read; or gratitude that someone like Schindler tried to help. Maybe all of those things.

Going into this book, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. I didn’t know much about Oskar Schindler beyond there was a book and a movie and that he had saved thousands of Jews. I didn’t know the details, and I didn’t want to.

I’m glad I read this. Incredibly detailed, Keneally builds a picture of not only Schindler, but of WW2, the camps, the prisoners, and all of the innocent people caught up in it. This book has a visceral pain about it. There is good; there are small amounts of joy (there’s a marriage and childhood innocence!), but there are unadulterated moments of pure cruelty and horror that characterize the Holocaust. You rejoice with those who are free and mourn for those who were lost, and with those who did the losing.

And at the end, it leaves a hollow feeling. It is so much to process. How could this horror happen? Despite it all, I am glad I read about Oskar Schindler and his courage, no matter the cost, to help.

Het boek was soms een beetje droog geschreven, maar ik denk niet dat het verhaal van Oskar Schindler en zijn Schindlerjuden ooit beter verteld zal worden. Het boek is een mix van een documentaire en roman, wat er vaker voor zorgde dat ik plotseling terug besefte dat wat ik op dat moment aan het lezen was, in die tijd echt gebeurd is.
Moge de geschiedenis zich nooit meer op deze manier herhalen, en moge er nooit meer Schindlers nodig zijn.

Stunning account af a truly amazing man. The film did do this book justice - but could not cover all the nuances and detail. A demanding read because of its subject matter but one you cannot put down.

I find the Holocaust interesting; in the sense that it went on for so long, and no one really did anything. However, this story is one of the exceptional ones - where someone (Herr Schindler) actually did something to help the defenseless. Granted, it took some character change for him to do so, but it's still a fantastic act.
Even more so, it's based on a true story.