Steven Spielberg's best work to date

Rating: 9/10 (19 March 2018)

Zephaniah 1:15: That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of Shoah and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness. It wasn't until today that I could appreciate and understand how well that verse described Steven Spielberg's 1993 movie Schindler's List. It made me realize this was not just a movie about Oskar Schindler, but a tribute to the Jews deep religious devotion and conviction that made it possible for them to be strong to enough endure the hell they went though and give them the faith to believe in and trust in a man like Oskar Schindler. This was just not about genocide but about a religious prosecution that rocked the world on its foundation and that still has a bearing on World Religion and politics today.
Schindler's List comes to life in war torn Poland, where the Nazi's had invaded and taken over. They have ripped the Jews lives apart piece by piece. They had been told they had to leave their homes, most of their belongings and register their families in the big cities. Upon their arrival, they were humiliated, harassed and herded off like livestock to live in an overcrowded, run down ghetto community. This is the true story of how their lives and the life of Oskar Schindler became a part of that dark part of history together. Liam Neeson played the role of Oskar Schindler, a materialistic opportunist who was a part of the powerful Nazi party member. He became acquainted with Itzhak Stern (Ben Kingsley) a Jewish accountant, to get the capital, he needed to open his Polish Factory, Deutsehe Email Waren Fabrik. As the horrendous treatment of the Jews escalated around Oscar and his factory's future started to unravel, the relationship between him (Liam Neeson) and Itzhak Stern (Ben Kingsley) changed from that of an employer, employee nature to that of a friend or confidante. As the movie progressed the audience saw him evolve from the opportunist individual he was in the beginning, to the man he became in the end. He risked everything to save their lives, the lives of those whose name was on his list, Schindler's List. They called themselves Schindler Jews, they honored him in life and in his death for his sacrifice for them. Whether a person is a Steven Spielberg fan or not, this story needed to be told in order to honor Oskar Schindler and the brave souls that lived and died during and after the time of the Shoah.