R.I.P. Simon Wiesenthal
Legendary Nazi-hunter and fighter of anti-Semitism Simon Wiesenthal has passed away in Austria. He was 96.
From Rabbi Marvin Hier, 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 told The Associated Press. A survivor of five Nazi death camps, Wiesenthal changed his life's mission after the war, dedicating himself to tracking down Nazi war criminals and to being a voice for the 6 million Jews who died during the onslaught. He himself lost 89 relatives in the Holocaust.
Wiesenthal spent more than 50 years hunting Nazi war criminals, speaking out against neo-Nazism and racism, and remembering the Jewish experience as a lesson for humanity. Through his work, he said, some 1,100 Nazi war criminals were brought to justice.
"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.
Thank you, Mr. Wiesenthal, may you rest in peace.
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