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While working for CSDIC he met Susan Cohn, also a refugee from Germany.<ref name=Fry /> They were married in 1945.<ref name=Fry /> She died in 2013.<ref name=Fry /> One of their two sons is the broadcaster [[Robin Lustig]].<ref name=Fry /> The other is Stephen, a music publisher.<ref name=Fry /> |
While working for CSDIC he met Susan Cohn, also a refugee from Germany.<ref name=Fry /> They were married in 1945.<ref name=Fry /> She died in 2013.<ref name=Fry /> One of their two sons is the broadcaster [[Robin Lustig]].<ref name=Fry /> The other is Stephen, a music publisher.<ref name=Fry /> |
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Lustig died on 18 December 2017. Several obituaries were published, including those in [[The Times]], [[The Guardian]], and the [[Financial Times]], and one on the [[BBC Radio 4]] programme ''Last Word''. |
Lustig died on 18 December 2017. Several obituaries were published, including those in [[The Times]], [[The Guardian]], and the [[Financial Times]], and one on the [[BBC Radio 4]] programme ''[[Last Word]]''. |
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== References == |
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Revision as of 11:27, 30 December 2017
Fritz Lustig (31 March 1919 - 18 December 2017) was a German-Jewish emigrant to England who enlisted in the British Army's Pioneer Corps during the Second World War, 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.[1][2][3][4]
After rising to regimental sergeant, he was demobbed in June 1946. He subsequently worked in accountancy and credit control.[2] He was also a cellist, and obtained British nationality in May 1947.[2]
While working for CSDIC he met Susan Cohn, also a refugee from Germany.[2] They were married in 1945.[2] She died in 2013.[2] One of their two sons is the broadcaster Robin Lustig.[2] The other is Stephen, a music publisher.[2]
Lustig died on 18 December 2017. Several obituaries were published, including those in The Times, The Guardian, and the Financial Times, and one on the BBC Radio 4 programme Last Word.
References
- ^ "Fritz Lustig". the Guardian.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Fry, Helen (27 December 2017). "Fritz Lustig obituary". The Guardian.
- ^ "Fritz Lustig". The Times. 27 December 2017.
- ^ "BBC Interview With 97 Year Old Veteran Fritz Lustig". Trent Park Museum.
External links
- Hitler came to power 80 years ago. I remember it like yesterday - reminiscence by Lustig, in The Guardian, 30 January 2013
- Secret Listener - interview transcript, 2012
- Video of Lustig speaking at a "Save Trent Park" public meeting, 16 June 2016 on YouTube
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