Arno Lustiger

Lustiger made significant contributions to research and document the history of Jewish resistance under Nazi rule.

Starting from January 21, 1945 Lustiger had to join the death march during the freezing winter towards the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in Lower Silesia, as the Soviet troops were approaching.

In April 1945 Lustiger escaped during another death march, when the concentration camp was closed due to the approaching American troops.

He had written articles about German-Jewish history, the Spanish Civil War, the Jewish resistance and the persecution of Jews by Joseph Stalin.

[citation needed] On September 10, 2006, his essay (printed in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung) criticised Günter Grass's treatment of his Waffen-SS membership in his latest book.