The Nazi Hunter Has Died. Simon Wiesenthal, 1908-2005
This year, which sees the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, will also mark the year the world lost a Jewish hero and a humanitarian of epic proportions.
The Nazi Hunter, Simon Wiesenthal, has died at the age of 96.
He brought Adolph Eichmann to justice, spent years trying to capture Josef Mengele, and was instrumental in bringing 1100 Nazi war criminals to trial. Mr. Wiesenthal fought anti-Semitism on the world stage, and worked tirelessly to expose neo-Nazism and all forms of racism at all levels.
One of Simon Wiesenthal's most passionate beliefs was that the word "holocaust" is being trivialized, thus making the extermination of more than six million Jews less horrific to each new generation. He spoke to countless groups of children and young adults about his experiences in surviving 12 Nazi camps, losing 89 family members and finally being liberated from Mauthausen in 1945, at 37 years of age, weighing 89 pounds. Mr. Wiesenthal made it his life's work to become the permanent voice for the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
"When history looks back, I want people to know the Nazis weren't able to kill millions of people and get away with it," he once said.
The 'Conscience of the Holocaust’ has left us, but Simon Wiesenthal's legacy will live on through the many organizations with which he worked so tirelessly; first and foremost, the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles and the soon-to-open Center for Human Dignity, Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem.
Shalom uv'racha B'Mashiach Yeshua.
The Nazi Hunter, Simon Wiesenthal, has died at the age of 96.
He brought Adolph Eichmann to justice, spent years trying to capture Josef Mengele, and was instrumental in bringing 1100 Nazi war criminals to trial. Mr. Wiesenthal fought anti-Semitism on the world stage, and worked tirelessly to expose neo-Nazism and all forms of racism at all levels.
One of Simon Wiesenthal's most passionate beliefs was that the word "holocaust" is being trivialized, thus making the extermination of more than six million Jews less horrific to each new generation. He spoke to countless groups of children and young adults about his experiences in surviving 12 Nazi camps, losing 89 family members and finally being liberated from Mauthausen in 1945, at 37 years of age, weighing 89 pounds. Mr. Wiesenthal made it his life's work to become the permanent voice for the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
"When history looks back, I want people to know the Nazis weren't able to kill millions of people and get away with it," he once said.
The 'Conscience of the Holocaust’ has left us, but Simon Wiesenthal's legacy will live on through the many organizations with which he worked so tirelessly; first and foremost, the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles and the soon-to-open Center for Human Dignity, Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem.
Shalom uv'racha B'Mashiach Yeshua.
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