Did Steven Spielberg accomplish his goals in the movie Schindler's List?

I think that Spielberg did accomplish his goals in setting
out to make a film based on Keneally's book.  Fundamentally, one of his goals was to see
if he, as an artist, was mature enough in his craft to take a movie about the Holocaust,
something of the magnitude of the book.  This was something that had been gnawing at
Spielberg, whose primary credits were associated with massive money making ventures or
films that were "light."  Spielberg's prior foray into the realm of profound and
sensitive topics primarily centered on his film of Alice Walker's work, The
Color Purple.  The film was largely received well, but it did not enhance
Spielberg's stature as a film director who could take films on sensitive topics and the
"artistic" endeavor.  At the same time, Spielberg felt compelled to develop Schindler's
List in the wake of the Bosnian atrocities in the early 1990s and the rise of denying
the Holocaust.  In both avenues, I think that Spielberg accomplished his purpose in that
his work is a stunning refutation to those who would deny the Holocaust.  It is also a
work of art that speaks quite passionately to the idea that the Holocaust cannot be
ignored and forgotten.  In this, I think that Spielberg's goal was
accomplished.