What is Simon Wiesenthal?
[[File:Simon Wiesenthal (1982).jpg|thumb|right|220px|Wiesenthal in 1982]] '''Simon Wiesenthal''', [[KBE]] (31 December 1908{{spaced ndash}}20 September 2005) was an [[Austria]]n [[Holocaust]] survivor. He became famous after [[World War II]] for his work as a [[Nazi]] hunter. Wiesenthal was nominated for the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in 1985. Wiesenthal died in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]] from natural causes, aged 96. ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} * [http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-59098.html Photo Gallery: The Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal] by ''[[Der Spiegel]]'' * [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60917F73D540C728EDDA00894DD404482&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fW%2fWar%20Crimes%2c%20Genocide%20and%20Crimes%20Against%20Humanity ''New York Times''] obituary * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4262892.stm BBC News] obituary * {{Find a Grave|11785077|Name=Simon Wiesenthal}} * {{IMDb name|id=0927622|name=Simon Wiesenthal}} * {{IMDb title|id=0097933|title=Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story}} * [http://riverlightspictures.com/taor/welcome.html ''The Art of Remembrance: Simon Wiesenthal''] - documentary by Hannah Heer and Werner Schmiedel {{DEFAULTSORT:Wiesenthal, Simon}} [[Category:1908 births]] [[Category:2005 deaths]] [[Category:Austrian Jews]] [[Category:Austrian autobiographers]] [[Category:Holocaust survivors]] [[Category:Writers from Vienna]] [[Category:Recipients of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria]] {{bio-stub}}