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Branko Lustig (10 June 1932 – 14 November 2019) was a Croatian film producer best known for winning Academy Awards for Best Picture for Schindler's List and Gladiator. He is the only person born in the territory of present-day Croatia to have won two Academy Awards.
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...
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.
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...
Nov 15, 2019 · Branko Lustig was the Oscar-winning producer of movies including “Schindler’s List” and “Gladiator.” Born in Yugoslavia, Lustig was imprisoned in the Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen...
Nov 14, 2019 · Lustig, who co-produced Schindler's List and Gladiator, was born in Croatia and survived Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen. He donated his Oscar to Yad Vashem and received honors from Croatia and Hollywood.
