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Branko Lustig was a Croatian film producer who won two Oscars for Schindler's List and Gladiator. He survived the Holocaust as a child and became a prominent figure in the arts and education.
Nov 21, 2019 · Nearly 50 years after his liberation from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Branko Lustig stood onstage at the 1994 Academy Awards ceremony to accept an Oscar for best picture as one of three...
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Nov 19, 2019 · Branko Lustig, who survived Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen as a child, died at 87 in Croatia. He worked with Steven Spielberg on Schindler’s List and other films, and helped create the USC Shoah Foundation.
Nov 14, 2019 · Branko Lustig, a Croatia-born Jew who survived the Nazi death camps of Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen and went on to win two best picture Oscars, died Thursday at his home in Zagreb, Croatia. He...
Branko Lustig was a production manager and producer of films such as Gladiator, Schindler's List and The Saint. He was also a Croatian Jewish survivor of Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps, and made a cameo appearance in Schindler's List.
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- Osijek, Croatia, Yugoslavia
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- Zagreb, Croatia
Nov 16, 2019 · Branko Lustig was just a boy, newly arrived at Auschwitz, when he witnessed a scene that would be seared into his memory. Seven prisoners at the Nazi death camp were to be hanged in a...
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Nov 14, 2019 · Holocaust survivor and Academy Award winner Branko Lustig, who nabbed best picture Oscars for “Schindler’s List” and “Gladiator,” has died at his home in Croatia. He was 87.