In Thomas Keneally's book Schindler's List and in the film, the hero stands on a high hill, mounted on a horse, and views the panorama of the liquidation of the Krakow gheto. Amid all the carnage he sees one little girl, in a red coat, and follows her as she wanders through the scenes of horror. By seeing her Schindler sees what he must do.
Myth demands radical shifts of perspective.
This myth, or more precisely, memories embedded in the story and sentiments it evokes in hearers, that creates and recreates the Krichinsky family, just as family creates and recreates the story with every successive telling.