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Simon Wiesenthal (31 December 1908 – 20 September 2005) was a Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor, Nazi hunter, and writer. He studied architecture and was living in Lwów at the outbreak of World War II.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center is a Jewish global human rights organization researching the Holocaust and hate in a historic and contemporary context.
Simon Wiesenthal (born December 31, 1908, Buczacz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Buchach, Ukraine]—died September 20, 2005, Vienna, Austria) was the founder (1961) and head (until 2003) of the Jewish Documentation Centre in Vienna.
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Learn about the life and legacy of Simon Wiesenthal, a Holocaust survivor who devoted himself to tracking down and exposing Nazi war criminals. Find out how he provided leads that led to the capture and trial of notorious perpetrators such as Adolf Eichmann and Hermine Braunsteiner Ryan.
Learn about the life and work of Simon Wiesenthal, who survived the Nazi death camps and dedicated himself to documenting the crimes of the Holocaust and tracking down the perpetrators. Find out how he escaped, how he helped his wife, and how he wrote his memoirs and other books.
Sep 16, 2010 · Simon Wiesenthal spent decades after the end of World War II hunting down senior Nazi functionaries who had escaped justice. He became world famous in the process -- not least because he went...
Sep 21, 2005 · Simon Wiesenthal, the death camp survivor who dedicated the rest of his life to tracking down fugitive Nazi war criminals, died today at his home in Vienna. He was 96. His death was...
