Simon Wiesenthal
Simon Wiesenthal
Simon Wiesenthalwas an Austrian Nazi hunter and writer. He was a Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor who became famous after World War II for his work as a Nazi hunter...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth31 December 1908
CityBuchach, Ukraine
CountryAustria
afraid buried grave
He did not want to be buried in Austria, as he was afraid his grave will be mutilated.
history looks millions people
When history looks back I want people to know the Nazis weren't able to kill millions of people and get away with it,
center die honors received simon
I have received many honors in my lifetime, ... When I die, these honors will die with me. But the Simon Wiesenthal Center will live on as my legacy.
camps german quote stated
I have never stated that 'there were no extermination camps on German soil.' This quote is false, I could never have said such a thing.
criminal former grotesque label member million national party socialist stick whom
The National Socialist (Nazi) party had 10 million members, of whom at most 150,000 were criminals. It would be grotesque to stick the label of criminal on every former member of the party.
party names political
Simon Wiesenthal told me that any political party in a democracy that uses the word 'freedom' in its name is either Nazi or Communist.
crime jew death-sentence
What happened to the Jews cannot be compared with all the other crimes. Every Jew had a death sentence without a date.
thinking years might
Even before I had had time to really think things through, I realized we must not forget. If all of us forgot, the same thing might happen again, in 20 or 50 or 100 years.
technology hatred sadism
Hatred can be nurtured anywhere, idealism can be perverted into sadism anywhere. If hatred and sadism combine with modern technology the inferno could erupt anew anywhere.
soil germany camps
No gassing took place in any camp on Germany soil.
hate criminals clients
None of my 'clients' - not Eichmann, not Stangl, not Mengele, and not even Hitler or Stalin - was born a criminal. Somebody had to teach them to hate: maybe the society, maybe the politics, maybe just a Jewish prostitute.
rights ideology humans
Human rights is the only ideology that deserves to survive
important criminals catching
Discovering witnesses is just as important as catching criminals.
generations youth refuse
The new generation has to hear what the older generation refuses to tell it.