ZD, that is an interesting observation. Of course, the manner that he chose to save Jews fit his personality/lifestyle. It does not mean that that was the only way the Jews could be saved- there were many Chasidei Umos HaOlam who saved Jews in ways that did not involve gambling and drinking, etc.
I don’t know if Shindler is a tzaddik or not, but I do know he did an act of tzidkus.
Don’t we say “yesh kone olamo b’sha’a achas” (I forget the exact quote)? So perhaps one extremely righteous act can outweigh all aveiros, how do we know what Hashem’s cheshbonos are?
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