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- Wiesenthal bribed an official to prevent his own deportation under Clause 11, a rule that prevented all Jewish professionals and intellectuals from living within 100 kilometres (62 mi) of the city, which was under Soviet occupation until the Germans invaded in June 1941.
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Apr 16, 2024 · Simon Wiesenthal, founder (1961) and head (until 2003) of the Jewish Documentation Centre in Vienna. During World War II he was a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps, and afterward he was dedicated to the search for and the legal prosecution of Nazi criminals and to the promotion of Holocaust memory and education.
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Feb 2, 2023 · Simon Wiesenthal was living in Linz, says Politico, when he attended a theater production of The Diary of Anne Frank. The audience was filled with hecklers who made it very clear they thought the whole thing was a hoax, and afterwards, Wiesenthal talked to some of them.
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.
Wiesenthal lives in a modest apartment in Vienna and spends his evenings answering letters, studying books and files, and working on his stamp collection. He lived there with his wife Cyla untill her death November 10, 2003. As was to be expected, Simon Wiesenthal received numerous, anonymous threats and insulting letters.
Sep 16, 2010 · When German troops occupied Lvov in 1941, life became a living hell for its Jewish inhabitants. Only 3,400 of the Jewish community's 160,000 members survived. Wiesenthal was forced to work...
Sep 20, 2005 · Simon Wiesenthal, who died Tuesday at age 96, survived the Holocaust and devoted his life to finding Nazi fugitives and bringing them to justice. He was best known for helping to track down...
Sep 2, 2010 · Wiesenthal led one of the 20th century’s great lives. His moral authority in matters concerning the destruction of the European Jews was vast. Governments, security agencies and lonely survivors...
