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SIMON WIESENTHAL
(1908 - 2005)
Born December 31, 1908, in Buczacz/ Galicia (Austro- Hungarian
Empire, later Poland, then USSR, now the Ukraine).
Father: Asher Wiesenthal, merchant, killed in action as an Austrian
soldier in 1915.
Mother: Rosa, nee Rapp.
Simon Wiesenthal has been married to his wife, Cyla, since 1936.
Elementary school in Lvov and Vienna; high school in Buczacz,
graduated in 1928. Studied architecture at the Czech Technical
University in Prague; returned to Poland and continued studies
at the polytechnic in Lvov. In 1940, he received his degree in
architecture and engineering.
In 1941, following German occupation, Simon Wiesenthal was imprisoned
in several Jewish ghettos and in various Nazi concentration camps.
After liberation of Mauthausen concentration camp near Linz, Austria,
by the US Armed Forces in May, 1945, Wiesenthal was employed with
the US War Crimes Office and the OSS.
In 1947, he founded the Jewish Documentation Center dedicated
to tracking down Nazi criminals. The Center was first based in
Linz, and moved to Vienna in 1961. This office has so far been
responsible for bringing to justice c. 1,100 Nazi criminals from
around the world.
Publications:
1946
KZ MAUTHAUSEN
1947
HEAD-MUFTI-HEAD --AGENT OF THE AXIS
1961
I HUNTED EICHMANN
1964
LIMITATION
1967
THE MURDERERS AMONG US
1969
THE
SUNFLOWER
1973
SAILS OF HOPE
1975
THE CASE OF KRYSTYNA JAWORSKA
1982
MAX AND HELEN
1986
EVERY DAY REMEMBRANCE DAY
1988
FLIGHT FROM DESTINY
1988
JUSTICE,
NOT VENGEANCE
1995
FOR
THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING
2000
Projekt:
Judenplatz Wien.
Zur Konstruktion von Erinnerung. |
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