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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. He survived the Janowska concentration camp (late 1941 to September 1944), the Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp (September to October ...
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The Simon Wiesenthal Center researches the Holocaust and hate in a historic and contemporary context. It also advocates for Israel, combats anti-Semitism, and supports human rights causes worldwide.
Learn about the life and work 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.
Apr 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 war he dedicated ...
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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 20, 2005 · Sept. 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...
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Sep 20, 2005 · Tue 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...
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