I have yet to see Schindler's List, but I have read the book "Schindler's Ark" on which it was based. From the comments I've read on this screen-l I'd guess that Spielberg has given a faithful treatment of the book. I remember feeling shocked at the way that Schindler treated his dealings with the Germans as if he were playing cards, not saving lives. But, but, but he did manage to save lives by his tricks that could not have been saved by openly standing up and "being counted". Does the end justify the means? Schindler's relationships seem to have been unsatisfactory, but again perhaps the flaws in his charater were exactly those atributes that allowed him to fool the Germans in to thinking he was on their side. I finished the book with the feeling that wartime heros are not model peacetime citizens. By the way, as I understand it the basic facts of the film are all true. Only the charaterization is fiction. In particular the numbers of human lives _saved_ by Oskar Schindler are correct. Tim. ----- End Included Message -----