Simon Wiesenthal - Wikipedia
WEBSimon 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. He survived the Janowska concentration camp (late 1941 to September 1944), the Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp (September to October ...
Simon Wiesenthal | Biography & Facts | Britannica
WEBApr 16, 2024 · 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. During World War II, Wiesenthal was a prisoner in five Nazi concentration camps, and after the …
Simon Wiesenthal Center
WEBThe Simon Wiesenthal Center is a Jewish global human rights organization researching the Holocaust and hate in a historic and contemporary context.
Nazi Hunting: Simon Wiesenthal | Holocaust Encyclopedia
WEBEnglish. “When history looks back I want people to know the Nazis weren't able to kill millions of people and get away with it.” — Simon Wiesenthal. Simon Wiesenthal, a Holocaust survivor, dedicated his life to raising public awareness of the need to hunt and prosecute Nazis who have evaded justice.
Biography - Simon Wiesenthal Center
WEBSimon Wiesenthal was born on December 31, 1908 in Buczacz, in what is now the Lvov Oblast section of the Ukraine. When Wiesenthal's father was killed in World War I, Mrs. Wiesenthal took her family and fled to Vienna for a brief period, returning to Buczacz when she remarried. The young Wiesenthal graduated from the Gymnasium in 1928 and ...
Simon Wiesenthal, Nazi Hunter, Dies at 96 - The New York Times
WEBSept. 20, 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...
Simon Wiesenthal | Holocaust | The Guardian
WEBTue 20 Sep 2005 08.40 EDT. Simon Wiesenthal, who has died aged 96 after a life that spanned the greater part of the last century, had some remarkable escapes from death by violence or from...
From the Archives: Simon Wiesenthal dies at 96; Nazi hunter …
WEBSept. 21, 2005 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. Simon Wiesenthal, who survived a dozen concentration camps, then spent his life bringing Nazi war criminals to justice and searing the Holocaust...
Simon Wiesenthal - Simple English Wikipedia, the free …
WEBSimon Wiesenthal, KBE (31 December 1908 – 20 September 2005) was an Austrian Holocaust survivor. He became famous after World War II for his work as a Nazi hunter. Wiesenthal was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985. Wiesenthal died in Vienna, Austria from natural causes, aged 96. Other websites.
About Simon Wiesenthal - Museum of Tolerance
WEBIn November 1977, the Simon Wiesenthal Center was founded. Today, together with its world renowned Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles and the New York Tolerancenter, it is an international center for Holocaust remembrance, the defense of …
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