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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 .
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 21, 2019 · Branko and his mother, Vilma (Gütter) 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 prisoners ...
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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 was 87.
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 · Lustig, who was born in Croatia and imprisoned in Auschwitz, won two Oscars for his work on Spielberg's film. He also produced other Hollywood hits such as 'Gladiator' and 'Black Hawk Down'.
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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.
