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Wiesenthal dedicated most of his life to tracking down and gathering information on fugitive Nazi war criminals so that they could be brought to trial. Simon Wiesenthal is an architectural engineer by training. He received his degree from the Technical University of Prague in 1932 after being declined admission to the Polytechnic University of Lvov as a result of quota restrictions on Jewish students. In 1936 he married Cyla Mueller.1Wiesenthal was living in Lvov , Poland at the outbreak of World War II .2As a result of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact , Lvov was occupied by the Soviet Union . Wiesenthal's stepfather and stepbrother were killed at the hands of the NKVD , the Soviet Secret Police, and Wiesenthal himself was forced to close his firm and work in a factory. When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, Wiesenthal and his family became caught up in the Nazi Final Solution . Wiesenthal's wife was able to hide her Jewish identity from the Nazis because of her blonde hair and the false papers provided to her by the Polish Underground in exchange for diagrams of railroad junctions drawn by Wiesenthal. However, Simon was not so fortunate. He was interned in several concentration camps , where he barely escaped execution on a number of occasions. Wiesenthal was liberated by American forces in 1945 . When the Americans found him he weighed less than 100 pounds (7 st 2 lb) and was helpless. As soon as his health improved, Wiesenthal went to work for the U.S. Army gathering documentation for the Nazi war crimes trials.3In 1947 he and thirty other volunteers founded the Jewish Documentation Center in Linz , Austria in order to gather information for future trials.4However, as the United States and the Soviet Union lost interest in further war crimes trials, the group drifted apart. Wiesenthal himself continued to gather information in his spare time while working full time to help those affected by World War II. During this time, Wiesenthal was instrumental in the capture and conviction of the main engineer of the Endlösung , Adolf Eichmann . After Eichmann was executed in Israel in 1962, Wiesenthal reopened the Jewish Documentation Center, which went to work on other cases. Among his most high-profile successes was Karl Silberbauer , the Gestapo officer responsible for the arrest of Anne Frank . Silberbauer's confession helped discredit claims that The Diary of Anne Frank was a forgery. During this period Wiesenthal also located nine of the sixteen Nazis put on trial in West Germany for the murder of the Jewish population of Lvov , Wiesenthal's home town, Franz Stangl , the commandant of the Treblinka and Sobibor concentration camps and Hermine Braunsteiner , a housewife living in Queens , New York who had supervised the murder of hundreds of children during the war. In 1977 , the Simon Wiesenthal Center , a Holocaust memorial agency was named in his honor. The Simon Wiesenthal Center promotes awareness of antisemitism , monitors neo-Nazi groups, operates Museums of Tolerance in Los Angeles and Jerusalem and helps bring surviving Nazi war criminals to justice. Kreisky, himself Jewish, attacked Wiesenthal as a Nestbeschmutzer (someone who dirties their own nest). Over the years Wiesenthal has received many death threats and, in 1982 , a bomb placed by German and Austrian neo-Nazis exploded outside his house in Vienna . In April 2003 , Wiesenthal announced his retirement, saying that he had found the mass murderers he had been looking for: "I have survived them all. If there were any left, they'd be too old and weak to stand trial today. My work is done." According to Wiesenthal, the last major Austrian war criminal still alive is Alois Brunner , Eichmann's right-hand man, who is said to be hiding in Syria . On February 19 , 2004 , Britain decided to award an honorary knighthood to Wiesenthal in recognition of a "lifetime of service to humanity." The knighthood also recognized the work of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Wiesenthal has also won the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal , the Dutch Freedom Medal , the Luxembourg Freedom Medal , the French Legion of Honor as well as decorations from Austrian and French resistance groups. The character of Yakov Liebermann in Ira Levin 's novel The Boys from Brazil is modelled on Wiesenthal, and Wiesenthal makes an appearance as a minor character in Frederick Forsyth 's The Odessa File , providing information to a German journalist attempting to track down a Nazi war criminal. Wiesenthal lives in Vienna, his wife Cyla passed away November 10 , 2003 at the age of 95.5
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Simon Wiesenthal KBE (December 31, 1908–September 20, 2005) was an Austrian - Jewish architectural engineer and Holocaust survivor who became famous after World War II for his work as a Nazi hunter who pursued Nazi war criminals.Following four and a half years in the German concentration camps such as Janowska , Plaszow , and Mauthausen during World War II , Wiesenthal dedicated most of his life to tracking down and gathering information on fugitive Nazis so that they could be brought to justice for war crimes and crimes against humanity .In 1947, he co-founded the Jewish Historical Documentation Center in Linz, Austria , in order to gather information for future war crime trials .Later he opened Jewish Documentation Center in Vienna .Wiesenthal wrote The Sunflower , which describes a life-changing event he experienced when he was in the camp.Wiesenthal died in his sleep at age 96 in Vienna on September 20, 2005, and was buried in the city of Herzliya in Israel on September 23.He is survived by his daughter, Paulinka Kriesberg, and three grandchildren.The Simon Wiesenthal Center , located in Los Angeles in the United States , is named in his honor.A biography by Guy Walters asserts that many of Wiesenthal's claims regarding his education, wartime experiences and Nazi hunting exploits are untrue or exaggerated.Walters calls Wiesenthal’s claims "an illusion mounted for a good cause." It is difficult to establish a reliable narrative of Wiesenthal’s life because of the inconsistencies between his three memoirs, which are in turn all contradicted by contemporary records.What is even more difficult is the fact that many original records were destroyed by the Nazis during the war as a way to erase Jewish history.It is partly thanks to Wiesenthal that the Holocaust has been remembered and properly documented.
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Simon Wiesenthal , KBE (31 December 1908 – 20 September 2005) was an Austrian writer and Nazi hunter .He was a Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor who became famous after World War II for his work as a Nazi hunter.He studied architecture and was living in Lwów at the outbreak of World War II.After being forced to work as a slave labourer in Nazi concentration camps such as Janowska , Plaszow , and Mauthausen during the war, Wiesenthal dedicated most of his life to tracking down and gathering information on fugitive Nazi war criminals so that they could be brought to trial.In 1947 he co-founded the Jewish Historical Documentation Center in Linz , Austria, where he and others gathered information for future war crime trials and aided refugees in their search for lost relatives.He opened the Jewish Documentation Center in Vienna in 1961 and continued to try to locate missing Nazi war criminals.He played a small role in locating Adolf Eichmann - who was kidnapped from Buenos Aires in 1960 - and worked closely with the Austrian justice ministry to prepare a dossier on Franz Stangl , who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1971.In the 1970s and 1980s, Wiesenthal was involved in two high-profile events involving Austrian politicians.Shortly after Bruno Kreisky was inaugurated as Austrian chancellor in April 1970, Wiesenthal pointed out to the press that four of his new cabinet appointees had been members of the Nazi Party .Kreisky, angry, called Wiesenthal a "Jewish fascist" and likened his organisation to the Mafia.He later accused him of collaborating with the Nazis.Wiesenthal successfully sued for libel; the suit was settled in 1989.In 1986, Wiesenthal was involved in the case of Kurt Waldheim , whose Nazi past was revealed in the lead-up to the 1986 Austrian presidential elections.Wiesenthal, embarrassed that he had previously cleared Waldheim of any wrongdoing, suffered much negative publicity as a result of this event.With a reputation as a storyteller, Wiesenthal was the author of several memoirs containing tales that are only loosely based on actual events.In particular, he exaggerated his role in the capture of Eichmann in 1960. Wiesenthal died in his sleep at age 96 in Vienna on 20 September 2005 and was buried in the city of Herzliya in Israel . He was survived by his daughter, Paulinka Kreisberg, and three grandchildren.The Simon Wiesenthal Center , located in Los Angeles , is named in his honor.
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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 1944), the Gross-Rosen concentration camp , a death march to Chemnitz , Buchenwald , and the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp (February to 5 May 1945). After the war, Wiesenthal dedicated his life to tracking down and gathering information on fugitive Nazi war criminals so that they could be brought to trial. In 1947, he co-founded the Jewish Historical Documentation Centre in Linz , Austria, where he and others gathered information for future war crime trials and aided refugees in their search for lost relatives. He opened the Documentation Centre of the Association of Jewish Victims of the Nazi Regime in Vienna in 1961 and continued to try to locate missing Nazi war criminals. He played a small role in locating Adolf Eichmann , who was captured in Buenos Aires in 1960, and worked closely with the Austrian justice ministry to prepare a dossier on Franz Stangl , who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1971. In the 1970s and 1980s, Wiesenthal was involved in two high-profile events involving Austrian politicians. Shortly after Bruno Kreisky was inaugurated as Austrian chancellor in April 1970, Wiesenthal pointed out to the press that four of his new cabinet appointees had been members of the Nazi Party . Kreisky, angry, called Wiesenthal a "Jewish fascist", likened his organisation to the Mafia, and accused him of collaborating with the Nazis.Wiesenthal successfully sued for libel, the suit ending in 1989.In 1986, Wiesenthal was involved in the case of Kurt Waldheim , whose service in the Wehrmacht and probable knowledge of the Holocaust were revealed in the lead-up to the 1986 Austrian presidential elections. Wiesenthal, embarrassed that he had previously cleared Waldheim of any wrongdoing, suffered much negative publicity as a result of this event. With a reputation as a storyteller, Wiesenthal was the author of several memoirs containing tales that are only loosely based on actual events. In particular, he exaggerated his role in the capture of Eichmann in 1960. Wiesenthal died in his sleep at age 96 in Vienna on 20 September 2005 and was buried in the city of Herzliya in Israel. The Simon Wiesenthal Center , located in Los Angeles, is named in his honor.
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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 1944), the Gross-Rosen concentration camp , a death march to Chemnitz , Buchenwald , and the Mauthausen concentration camp (February to 5 May 1945). After the war, Wiesenthal dedicated his life to tracking down and gathering information on fugitive Nazi war criminals so that they could be brought to trial. In 1947, he co-founded the Jewish Historical Documentation Centre in Linz , Austria, where he and others gathered information for future war crime trials and aided refugees in their search for lost relatives. He opened the Documentation Centre of the Association of Jewish Victims of the Nazi Regime in Vienna in 1961 and continued to try to locate missing Nazi war criminals. He played a small role in locating Adolf Eichmann , who was captured by the Mossad in Buenos Aires in 1960, and worked closely with the Austrian justice ministry to prepare a dossier on Franz Stangl , who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1971. In the 1970s and 1980s, Wiesenthal was involved in two high-profile events involving Austrian politicians. Shortly after Bruno Kreisky , a Jew himself, was inaugurated as Austrian chancellor in April 1970, Wiesenthal pointed out to the press that four of his new cabinet appointees had been members of the Nazi Party . Kreisky, angry, called Wiesenthal a "Jewish fascist", likened his organisation to the Mafia, and accused him of collaborating with the Nazis. Wiesenthal successfully sued for libel, the suit ending in 1989. In 1986, Wiesenthal was involved in the case of Kurt Waldheim , whose service in the Wehrmacht and probable knowledge of the Holocaust were revealed in the lead-up to the 1986 Austrian presidential elections. Wiesenthal, embarrassed that he had previously cleared Waldheim of any wrongdoing, suffered negative publicity as a result of this event. With a reputation as a storyteller, Wiesenthal was the author of several memoirs containing tales that are only loosely based on actual events. In particular, he exaggerated his role in the capture of Eichmann in 1960. Wiesenthal died in his sleep at age 96 in Vienna on 20 September 2005 and was buried in the city of Herzliya in Israel. The Simon Wiesenthal Center , headquartered in Los Angeles, is named in his honour.
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Austrian Nazi hunter (1908–2005) Simon Wiesenthal (31 December 1908 – 20 September 2005) was an 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 1944), the Gross-Rosen concentration camp , a death march to Chemnitz , Buchenwald , and the Mauthausen concentration camp (February to May 1945). After the war, Wiesenthal dedicated his life to tracking down and gathering information on fugitive Nazi war criminals , so that they could be brought to trial. In 1947, he co-founded the Jewish Historical Documentation Centre in Linz , Austria, where he and others gathered information for future war crime trials and aided Jewish refugees in their search for lost relatives. He opened the Documentation Centre of the Association of Jewish Victims of the Nazi Regime in Vienna in 1961, and continued to try to locate missing Nazi war criminals. He played a small role in locating Adolf Eichmann , who was captured by Mossad in Buenos Aires in 1960, and worked closely with the Austrian justice ministry to prepare a dossier on Franz Stangl , who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1971. In the 1970s and 1980s, Wiesenthal was involved in two high-profile events involving Austrian politicians. Shortly after Bruno Kreisky was inaugurated as Austrian chancellor in April 1970, Wiesenthal pointed out to the press that four of his new cabinet appointees had been members of the Nazi Party . Kreisky, angry, called Wiesenthal a "Jewish fascist", likened his organisation to the Mafia, and accused him of collaborating with the Nazis . Wiesenthal successfully sued for libel, the suit ending in 1989. In 1986, Wiesenthal was involved in the case of Kurt Waldheim , whose service in the Wehrmacht and probable knowledge of the Holocaust were revealed in the lead-up to the 1986 Austrian presidential elections . Wiesenthal, embarrassed that he had previously cleared Waldheim of any wrongdoing, suffered negative publicity as a result of this event. With a reputation as a storyteller, Wiesenthal was the author of several memoirs containing tales that are only loosely based on actual events. In particular, he exaggerated his role in the capture of Eichmann in 1960. Wiesenthal died in his sleep at age 96 in Vienna in 2005, and was buried in the city of Herzliya in Israel. The Simon Wiesenthal Center , headquartered in Los Angeles, is named in his honour.
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