What was the purpose of this film?

Rating: Null/10 (17 January 2004)

Is it to remind one of the holocaust, and if so, who among us need a reminder? Why was this film made anyway?
(Possible spoilers below)
I made it to 40+ minutes of this b/w movie that reminded me of the likes of Casablanca. The movie's lack of color didn't take me back to the era of pre-war Nazi occupation so much as it took me back to when movies didn't come in color.
Then there was opportunistic Schindler. He never could succeed at anything before until this factory of his in occupied Poland. When asked by his girlfriend why he had made it this time, ("luck?") he said, "No, war." Some entrepreneur. The only way he could succeed was with virtual slave labor whom he didn't have to pay with real money.
Then there was this worker who had been asking to see him for days on end so he could thank him for being able to work in his factory and finally he was granted an audience by Schindler who was lavishly thanked and god blessed by the poor worker. What does Schindler do? Focuses on the fact that the man had one arm. He is overcome with the desire to know how this man got a job there and how he justifies his presence in his factory. Obviously the man wasn't in it for the good he could do for the workers. At least not then. I was looking at a whole other tape after this one, and I wasn't too keen on sitting through all that to see if he ever develops a humanitarian streak. Then after reading some of the other reviews saying that the powerful aspect of the movie is the brutality with which the Poles were treated by the Nazis, I had to ask myself why watch this????
Do I need to remind myself of the holocaust? Is that why I should watch this movie? The Jewish people say we need to always remember the holocaust so it won't be repeated. Then what do they do? They vote in large percentage for the liberal leftists in this country, and what do these people stand for? They want to disarm the law abiding and give criminals as much free rein as society will stomach in order to manufacture a need for more of a police state and the erosion of our liberties. They vote for those who believe in confiscation of our property when we work and when we die. They vote for those who would lie down like Chamberlain and let us be overrun by our enemies. No, I don't need to be reminded of the holocaust. I already know that the price of freedom is eternal vigilance. It's the Jewish people themselves who seem to keep missing the lessons of their own history.