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Nov 21, 2019 · In addition to his daughter, Mr. Lustig is survived by his wife, Mirjana Lustig. As a youth, Mr. Lustig, who was nearing his 13th birthday when Bergen-Belsen was liberated, never had a bar...
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- Richard Sandomir
(Nir Elias/AP) 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...
- Emily Langer
Lustig's mother survived the Holocaust and was reunited with him after the war. On the day of the liberation, he weighed only 66 pounds (29.94 kg). [3] [7] Lustig credited his survival in Auschwitz to a German officer who happened to be from the same suburb of Osijek as Lustig.
- 1955–2019
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...
Nov 19, 2019 · Branko Lustig, famed producer of Schindler’s List, Sophie’s Choice, and Gladiator has died at the age of 87. As a child, Lustig was imprisoned for more than two years at Auschwitz and later Bergen-Belsen. It was while trying to survive in the former that he witnessed the hanging of seven prisoners.
Nov 14, 2019 · World-renowned Holocaust survivor, filmmaker, and producer Branko Lustig passed away earlier today at the age of 88 in Croatia. Lustig was born in Osijek, Yugoslavia to a Jewish Croatian family.
Nov 14, 2019 · ( JTA) — Branko Lustig, the Oscar-winning producer of the Holocaust film “Schindler’s List,” has died. Lustig died Thursday at his home in Croatia at the age of 87. His death was announced...
