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I had an infection in my foot. It turned out to be blood poisoning. So I was delayed, and the delay saved my life, really.
I started to talk to some of my comrades - guys that I had been in the Army with and who I'd been friends with. I said, "What happened to so-and-so?" and they said he died in a German salt mine.
I think he was explicit that it was a slave labor situation, but I was not alarmed at that point, because there were so many tragedies involved in that war. That was the first time... (more Charles Guggenheim quotes)
Father of Davis Guggenheim, Grace Guggenheim and Jonathan Guggenheim.
At the time of his death, he held the record for most Academy Award nominations for documentaries (10 + 1 credited to his company, Charles Guggenheim and Associates), including 8 (a record) for documentary short subjects; and most Oscars for documentary short subjects (3 + 1 credited to his company, Charle... (more Charles Guggenheim trivia)
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