Marcel Goldberg Character Analysis in Schindler’s List

Marcel Goldberg a Jewish personnel clerk who ends up overseeing who does and doesn’t make Oskar Schindler’s list of Jews to transfer from the Płaszów concentration camp to Schindler’s new factory at Brinnlitz. Unlike Schindler, he uses the list as a chance to make a profit and earns a bad reputation among the prisoners, some of whom resent Schindler for allowing Goldberg to take charge.

Marcel Goldberg Character Timeline in Schindler’s List

The timeline below shows where the character Marcel Goldberg appears in Schindler’s List. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

A Jewish personnel clerk named Marcel Goldberg puts himself in a position where he has great control over who does and doesn’t... (full context)

...Pfefferberg, telling him of Schindler’s list. Pfefferberg cannot make the list just then, however, because Goldberg is requiring diamonds to be added to it. (full context)

Many others make it onto the list, often through deals with Goldberg, including the musician Rosner brothers. Goldberg naturally finds a place for himself on the list.... (full context)

Goldberg crosses some Emalia people off the list, and at least one of them will blame... (full context)

Schindler, however, isn’t able to watch Goldberg at every hour because he is dealing with his own problems at the time. He... (full context)

Goldberg continues to try to get the best offers for placement on the list. One prisoner,... (full context)

In spite of Goldberg’s interference, Schindler mostly gets the people he wanted to come with him to Brinnlitz. Pfefferberg,... (full context)

...and crowded into barracks. On the second day in the camp, an SS officer approaches Goldberg, saying that Schindler’s list hasn’t come in from Płaszów. Goldberg has to re-create the whole... (full context)