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Lustig
Lustig is a surname, and may refer to: * Aaron Lustig (born 1956), American film and television actor * Alessandro Lustig (1857–1937), Austro-Italian pathologist * Alvin Lustig (1915–1955), American designer * Arnošt Lustig (1926–2011), Czech Jewish author * Billy Lustig (died 1913), American gang leader * Bob Lustig, General Manager of the Buffalo Bills * Branko Lustig (1932–2019), Croatian film producer * main character in the fairy tale ''Brother Lustig'' * Eugenia Sacerdote de Lustig (1910–2011), Argentine physician * Fritz Lustig (1919–2017), German-Jewish emigrant to England during the Nazi era) * Jo Lustig (1925–1999), American music entrepreneur * John Lustig (born 1953), American comics writer * Mikael Lustig (born 1986), Swedish footballer * Nora Lustig, Argentinian professor of Latin American economics * Peter Lustig (1937–2016), German television presenter and author of children's books * Robin Lustig (born 1948), British radio broadcaster * Robe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brother Lustig
''Brother Lustig'' (''Bruder Lustig'') Grimms' Fairy Tales, KHM 81 is a lengthy German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in the first edition of ''Grimms' Fairy Tales, Kinder- und Hausmärchen'' (''Grimm's Fairy Tales'') in 1812. It contains elements of Aarne–Thompson classification systems, Aarne–Thompson type 785: Who Ate the Lamb's Heart?; type 753A: The Unsuccessful Resuscitation; type 330B: The Devil in the Sack; and type 330: Entering Heaven by a Trick.''Brother Lustig'' - The Grimm Brothers Project - University of Pittsburgh Story Brother Lustig meets St Peter [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Lustig
Victor Lustig (; January 4, 1890 – March 11, 1947) was a highly skilled con artist from Austria-Hungary, who undertook a criminal career that involved conducting scams across Europe and the United States during the early 20th century. Lustig is widely regarded as one of the most notorious con artists of his time, and is infamous for being "the man who sold the Eiffel Tower twice" and for conducting the "Rumanian Box" scam. Early life Lustig was born in Hostinné, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. He was exceptionally gifted at learning throughout his youth, but also proved to be a source of trouble. At the age of 19, while taking a break from his studies in Paris, Lustig took to gambling. During this time he received a scar to the left side of his face from the jealous boyfriend of a woman he consorted with. Upon leaving school, Lustig applied both his education and his fluency in several languages to embark on a life of crime, eventually focusing on conducting a variety of scams an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikael Lustig
Carl Mikael Lustig (; born 13 December 1986) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a right or centre back. Beginning his career with Umeå FC in 2004, he went on to represent GIF Sundsvall, Rosenborg BK, Celtic, and Gent before retiring with AIK in 2022. A full international for Sweden between 2008 and 2021, he won 94 caps for his country and represented Sweden at three UEFA European Championships as well as at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Club career Early career Lustig began his career with Sandåkerns SK. He then moved to Umeå FC, where he played for two years. GIF Sundsvall Lustig moved to Allsvenskan club GIF Sundsvall for the 2005 season, scoring twice in eight games. GIF Sundsvall were relegated the following season to the Superettan. They were in that division for the next two years, with Lustig playing in 57 of their 60 games. For the 2008 season the team was back in the Allsvenskan and Lustig continued to be a regular in the team, playing in all 11 l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branko Lustig
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. Early life Lustig was born in Osijek, Kingdom of Yugoslavia to a Croatian Jewish family. His father, Mirko, was head-waiter at an Osijek Café Central, and his mother, Vilma (Gütter), was a housewife. Lustig's grandparents, unlike his parents, were religious and he regularly attended the local synagogue with them. During World War II, as a child he was imprisoned for two years in Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen. Most members of his family perished in the death camps throughout Europe, including his grandmother who was killed in the gas chamber, while his father was killed in Čakovec on 15 March 1945. Lustig's mother survived the Holocaust and was reunited with him after the war. On the day of the liberati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvin Lustig
Alvin Lustig (February 8, 1915 - December 5, 1955) was an American book designer, graphic designer and typeface designer. Lustig has been honored by the American Institute of Graphic Arts and the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame for his significant contributions to American design. Biography He was born on February 8, 1915, to Harry Lustig and Jeanette Schamus in Denver, Colorado. Lustig studied design at Los Angeles City College, Art Center College of Design, and independently with architect Frank Lloyd Wright at his Taliesin studio and French painter Jean Charlot. He began his career designing book jackets in 1937 in Los Angeles, California. In 1944 he became Director of Visual Research for Look Magazine. He also designed for Fortune, and Girl Scouts of the United States. He appeared in Maya Deren's At Land (1944), a 15-minute silent experimental film. In addition to his many contributions to graphic design, Lustig was an accomplished interior and architectural designer. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nora Lustig
Nora Lustig (born January 13, 1951) is the Samuel Z. Stone Professor of Latin American Economics and the Director of the CEQ Institute at Tulane University, and a non-resident Fellow at the Center for Global Development and the Inter-American Dialogue. Nora Lustig was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina and has spent most of her adult life in the United States and Mexico. She received her doctorate in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. Career and awards Lustig was the lead author of the ''World Development Report 2000/1 “Attacking Poverty”'' (World Bank). Analyzing the dynamics of the Mexican economy has been the other main focus of her research. Her study ''Mexico, the Remaking of an Economy'' (Brookings Institution, 1992 and 1998) was selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book. As co-founder and president of LACEA (Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association), she played a pivotal role in the creation and consolidation o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Lustig
Robin Francis Lustig (born 30 August 1948, London) is a British journalist and radio broadcaster, who has presented programmes for the BBC World Service and BBC Radio 4. Family Lustig was born in Stoke Newington, London, to Jewish refugees. Fritz, his father, who had fled from Germany in 1939, was in the intelligence corps and a clandestine listener to German prisoners of war. His mother, the former Susan Cohn, met his father at Wilton Park where they were both stationed during the second world war. "She did clerical work", the elder Lustig told ''The Jewish Chronicle'' in 2012, adding "women did not listen in – only men did". Lustig has recounted that his maternal grandmother was refused asylum in the UK, and was deported to Lithuania by the Nazis in 1941, where she was murdered by pro-Nazi partisans. Career After graduating in politics from the University of Sussex, Lustig became a foreign correspondent in Madrid for the London-based news agency Reuters. He later mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Lustig
William Lustig (died August 16, 1913) was an American gang leader and labor racketeer. He was one of several independent gang leaders operating in Manhattan's Lower East Side and, along with Abe "Little Rhodey" Roch and Philip "Pinchy" Paul, led a small coalition of gangs to break the monopoly held by Joseph "Joe the Greaser" Rosenzweig and Benjamin "Dopey Benny" Fein during the first "Labor Slugger War". Lustig was also employed as a clerk and whose brother was a detective attached to the office of District Attorney Charles S. Whitman."Shoot The Brother Of Whitman Sleuth; Gangsters Trail Lustig to 'Humpty' Jackson's Saloon and Wound Him Mortally". ''New York Times.'' August 5, 1913 Biography On the night of August 4, 1913, Lustig was followed by four unidentified men in a car while walking down Third Avenue. Lustig did not notice his pursuers and, upon reaching 14th Street, he walked into a coffee house owned by Humpty Jackson. Two of the gunmen followed Lustig into the esta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Lustig
Peter Fritz Willi Lustig (; 27 October 1937 – 23 February 2016) was a German television presenter, voice actor and author of children's books who has become especially well known as leading actor in the weekly children's television show ''Löwenzahn'', which he hosted from 1979 up until 2006. During its first year the show was called ''Pusteblume''. He also hosted the show '' Mittendrin'' (1987–95), narrated the film '' Gordos Reise ans Ende der Welt'' (2007) and provided the German voice for the computer game character '' Gary Gadget.'' Biography Lustig was not a trained actor or host. He originally qualified as a broadcast engineer and an electronics engineer. Working for American Forces Network as a radio engineer in 1963, he was responsible for the recording of US President John F. Kennedy's speech ''Ich bin ein Berliner'' held in Berlin. Starting in 1970, he began appearing in front of the camera. His first appearance was a short sketch in the popular German childre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnošt Lustig
Arnošt Lustig (; 21 December 1926 – 26 February 2011) was a renowned Czech Republic, Czech Jewish author of novels, short stories, Play (theatre), plays, and screenplays whose works have often involved the Holocaust. Life and work Lustig was born in Prague. As a Jewish boy in Czechoslovakia during World War II, he was sent in 1942 to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, from where he was later transported to the Auschwitz concentration camp, followed by time in the Buchenwald concentration camp. In 1945, he escaped from a train carrying him to the Dachau concentration camp when the engine was destroyed by an American fighter-bomber. He returned to Prague in time to take part in the May 1945 Prague uprising, uprising against the German occupation. After the war, he studied journalism at Charles University in Prague and then worked for a number of years at Radio Prague. He worked as a journalist in Israel at the time of its War of Independence where he met his future wife, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Lustig
Fritz Lustig (31 March 1919 – 18 December 2017) was a German-Jewish emigrant to England during the Nazi era. Lustig was born on 31 March 1919. he arrived in the United Kingdom in April 1939 (his parents later left Germany for Portugal; his brother, Ted, to the United States, for whom he fought during the war). He was briefly interned as an " enemy alien", at Peveril Camp, on the Isle of Man, in 1940, following the outbreak of World War II. He then enlisted in the British Army's Pioneer Corps, playing cello in its orchestra, but was transferred to the Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Centre in 1943, where he eavesdropped on captured Axis officers at Latimer House and Wilton Park in Buckinghamshire, known then as "No 1 Distribution Centre" and "No 2 Distribution Centre" respectively. After rising to Regimental Sergeant Major, he was demobbed in June 1946. He subsequently worked in accountancy and credit control. He obtained British nationality in May 1947. While wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Lustig
Joseph George Lustig (October 21, 1925 – May 29, 1999) was an American music entrepreneur. Early career Jo was born on October 21, 1925 in Brooklyn, New York. At the age of 12 he saw Billie Holiday singing in a club and fell in love with music. He became an apprentice music journalist, meeting up with Gloria Swanson and Mel Brooks. Having gone solo, he handled publicity for Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck and others. After touring Europe with Nat “King” Cole in 1960, he decided to relocate to London. Anglo-American folk music In 1962 American folk singer Julie Felix decided to hitch-hike around Europe. In 1964 she finally arrived in Britain. Jo Lustig saw her potential and offered to become her agent. When Decca signed Julie Felix it was the first time a British label acquired a major folk artist. Lustig promoted her to record an album and a single (“Someday soon”) and an appearance on the Eamonn Andrews TV show. She was the first British-based folk singer to fill the Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
