Branko Lustig, the Academy Award winning producer of "Schindler's List" and a Holocaust survivor, has decided to give his prestigious Oscar statue to Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum. As a child, the Croatian film producer had been imprisoned for two years in Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen and most members of his family died in the death camps across Europe. Lustig is scheduled to arrive in Israel next month as part of Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović's official visit. The statue will be delivered to the museum for permanent safekeeping at a special ceremony at Yad Vashem's Visual Center, where thousands of films dealing with the Holocaust are kept. Furthermore, the museum is to hold a seminar about the acclaimed movie, which portrays the life of the German industrialist who saved many Jews during World War II. During Grabar-Kitarović's visit, Croatia and Yad Vashem museum are to sign a memorandum of understanding in the field of education.
'Schindler's List' producer to donate Oscar to Yad Vashem
Hollywood producer, Holocaust survivor Branko Lustig is scheduled to arrive in Israel next month as part of Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović's visit • Statue will be given to Yad Vashem museum at a ceremony in the museum's Visual Center.
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