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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.
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.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center is a Jewish global human rights organization researching the Holocaust and hate in a historic and contemporary context.
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.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center ( SWC) is a Jewish [1] human rights organization established in 1977 by Rabbi Marvin Hier. [2] [3] [4] The center is known for Holocaust research and remembrance, hunting Nazi war criminals, combating anti-Semitism, tolerance education, defending Israel, [5] and its Museum of Tolerance. [6]
Sep 20, 2005 · 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 starvation in...
