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Fighter (2000 film)
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'Fighter' is a documentary film about Arnot Lustig (19262011) and Jan Wiener (19202010),[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/afterword/2010/11/jan-wiener-who-fought-to-britain-after-fleeing-nazis-dies-at-90.html "Jan Wiener, Who Fought in Britain's Air Force After Fleeing Nazis, Dies at 90" 'Los Angeles Times'] 26 November 2010 two Jews who return to Europe to revisit the past.
A survivor of Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, and Buchenwald, Lustig was a Prague-based journalist and author. The German-born Wiener escaped from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, and joined the Royal Air Force in Italy. The film retraces Wiener's escape route, and visits Theresienstadt (where Wiener's mother died), Auschwitz, and Buchenwald. It received a Special Jury Citation in the 2000 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Best Documentary at the Newport International Film Festival, and the audience award at the Hamptons International Film Festival.[http://www.fighterfilm.com Official site]
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