Oskar Schindler was a real member of the Nazi party who saved over 1,100 Jews by employing them in his factories. The film accurately portrays his complex personality and transformation during the Holocaust.

Itzhak Stern was Schindler's real accountant who played a crucial role in managing the factory and compiling the list of workers to be saved. His influence on Schindler and administrative role are accurately depicted.

Amon Göth was the real, notoriously brutal commandant of the Płaszów concentration camp. The film's depiction of his extreme cruelty and abuse is strongly supported by historical accounts and survivor testimonies.

Emilie Schindler was Oskar's real wife who assisted him, particularly later at the Brünnlitz factory, showing compassion towards the Jewish workers. Her role is accurately, though briefly, portrayed.

Based on Leopold "Poldek" Pfefferberg (who later went by Leopold Page), a real survivor saved by Schindler who later urged author Thomas Keneally to tell Schindler's story. His resourcefulness is accurately shown.

Based on Helen Jonas-Rosenzweig, Amon Göth's real maid. Her terrifying experiences under Göth and eventual rescue by Schindler are depicted based on her actual testimony.

The creation of Schindler's List, a list of Jewish workers whom Schindler claimed were essential to his factory's production, is a central event in the film and is historically accurate.

Schindler's efforts to protect and ultimately rescue the Jewish workers on his list are the core of the story and are based on real events. He saved approximately 1,100 Jews from almost certain death.

The brutal liquidation of the Kraków ghetto is depicted in the film with harrowing realism. The chaotic violence and the indiscriminate killings are consistent with historical accounts.

The terrifying train journey of some of the Schindlerjuden to Auschwitz, and their subsequent return to Schindler's factory, is a factual event and is depicted in the film. This highlights the constant threat of deportation and extermination.

Schindler's relocation of his factory to Brünnlitz, in the Sudetenland, to continue employing his Jewish workers is a real part of the story. This was a desperate measure to save them from the advancing Red Army.

The liberation of the Schindlerjuden by the Soviet army at the end of the war is accurately depicted as a moment of profound relief and liberation.

Schindler faced significant financial difficulties both during and after the war, which are acknowledged in the film. This adds to the complexity of his character and his motivations.

The film's closing scene, showing the descendants of the Schindlerjuden placing stones on Schindler's grave, is a moving and factual tribute to his legacy.

The Plaszów concentration camp, run by Amon Göth, is depicted with stark realism in the film. The brutality and arbitrary violence of the camp are accurately represented, based on historical accounts.

While focused on Schindler's story, the film provides a powerful and generally accurate depiction of the broader context of the Holocaust, including the systematic persecution and extermination of Jews by the Nazi regime.