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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.
Branko and his mother, Vilma (G ü tter) Lustig, were deported to Auschwitz in 1943. Branko, an only child, was sent to a labor camp in F ü rstengrube, near Auschwitz, where he and other...
By Emily Langer. November 15, 2019 at 9:09 p.m. EST. Branko Lustig visits the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem in 2015. (Nir Elias/AP) Branko Lustig was just a boy, newly...
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.
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....
The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust honored Branko Lustig together with Andreas Maislinger at his 2nd Annual Dinner on November 8, 2009 at the Beverly Hills Hotel for his long-time commitment to Holocaust education and commemoration. Lustig is honorary president and one of the founding members of the Jewish Movie Festival in Zagreb.
Thu, 11/14/2019 - 10:22am. By: Rob Kuznia. Today we mourn the loss of one of our closest friends, Branko Lustig, a Holocaust survivor and two-time Academy Award winner who produced Schindler’s List and played an indispensable role in the founding of USC Shoah Foundation. He was 87.
