Simon Wiesenthal - Nazi Hunter has died
rebbe | 20.09.2005 08:05
Simon Wiesenthal, the Holocaust survivor who helped track down numerous Nazi war criminals following World War II then spent the later decades of his life fighting anti-Semitism and prejudice against all people, died Tuesday. He was 96.
Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal, 'conscience of the Holocaust' dies at 96
By The Associated Press and Haaretz Service
Simon Wiesenthal, the Holocaust survivor who helped track down numerous Nazi war criminals following World War II then spent the later decades of his life fighting anti-Semitism and prejudice against all people, died Tuesday. He was 96.
Wiesenthal died in his sleep at his home in Vienna, Austria, according to Rabbi Marvin Hier, the dean and founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles.
"I think he'll be remembered as the conscience of the Holocaust. In a way he became the permanent representative of the victims of the Holocaust, determined to bring the perpetrators of the greatest crime to justice," Hier said.
Wiesenthal, who had been an architect before World War II, changed his life's mission after surviving the Holocaust by becoming a voice for the 6 million Jews who died during the onslaught.
"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.
By The Associated Press and Haaretz Service
Simon Wiesenthal, the Holocaust survivor who helped track down numerous Nazi war criminals following World War II then spent the later decades of his life fighting anti-Semitism and prejudice against all people, died Tuesday. He was 96.
Wiesenthal died in his sleep at his home in Vienna, Austria, according to Rabbi Marvin Hier, the dean and founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles.
"I think he'll be remembered as the conscience of the Holocaust. In a way he became the permanent representative of the victims of the Holocaust, determined to bring the perpetrators of the greatest crime to justice," Hier said.
Wiesenthal, who had been an architect before World War II, changed his life's mission after surviving the Holocaust by becoming a voice for the 6 million Jews who died during the onslaught.
"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.
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And the racist world breaths a sigh of releaf and Joy
20.09.2005 13:30
kelly
burn in hell
21.09.2005 08:32
george
George - Who?
21.09.2005 10:17
If I've got it wrong, please clarify.
Simon Wiesenthal was a true hero who did not let the world forget the crimes of the Nazis. I can't see any controversy there.
ex-Brit
Gaz's posts have also been deleted
21.09.2005 13:09
Anyway I did not post it so much for the activists but rather for the Big Ears that are supposed to be working at defending the Realm.
Is it possible to know exactly why this post of mine has been deleted ?
gaz
no hero..
22.09.2005 01:06
hebbe