fbpx

‘Schindler’s List’ producer donating Oscar to Yad Vashem

A Croatian Holocaust survivor who worked as a producer on “Schindler’s List” will give his Academy Award from the movie to Yad Vashem.
[additional-authors]
July 7, 2015

A Croatian Holocaust survivor who worked as a producer on “Schindler’s List” will give his Academy Award from the movie to Yad Vashem.

Branko Lustig, 83, a survivor of the Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps, said that the Holocaust memorial and museum in Jerusalem “is the place where the award should be kept after my death,” Ynet reported Monday.

Lustig, who reportedly is in ill health, will present the Oscar statuette at a ceremony to be held at the museum in his honor next month. The ceremony will coincide with a visit to Israel by Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, according to Ynet.

Lustig’s mother survived the Holocaust, and they were reunited after World War II. Most of the rest of his family were killed in Nazi death camps.

Lustig won a second Oscar as a producer of the 2001 film “Gladiator.”

Did you enjoy this article?
You'll love our roundtable.

Editor's Picks

Latest Articles

The Sweet Song of Survival

There is a second form of sacred survival: to survive as a nation. And that too takes precedence over everything.

Print Issue: Iran | March 5, 2026

Success in the war against Iran – which every American and Israeli should hope for – will only strengthen the tendency of both leaders to highlight their dominant personalities as the state axis, at the expense of the boring institutions that serve them.

In a Pickle– A Turshi Recipe

Tangy, bright and filled with irresistible umami flavor, turshi is the perfect complement to burgers, kebabs and chicken, as well as the perfect foil for eggs and salads.

Who Knows?

When future generations tell your story and mine, which parts will look obvious in hindsight? What opportunities will we have leveraged — and decisions made — that define our legacy?

You Heard It Here First, Folks!

For over half a decade, I had seen how the slow drip of antisemitism, carefully enveloped in the language of social justice and human rights, had steadily poisoned people whom I had previously considered perfectly reasonable.

More news and opinions than at a Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.