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As a young man in Buczacz, Poland, Simon Wiesenthal (center) led a group of Boy Scouts, only one of whom survived the war. Pic: Simon Wiesenthal Center.
He married his wife Cyla in 1936, and lived together in Vienna until her death in 2003. Pic: Simon Wiesenthal Center.
After most of his family died in Nazi death camps, a barely-alive Wiesenthal was liberated from the Mauthausen camp in Austria in 1945. Pic: Simon Wiesenthal Center.
After the war Wiesenthal dedicated himself to tracking down former Nazis.
Wiesenthal helped pursue Adolf Eichmann, who was captured, tried and eventually executed in Israel.
Although Wiesenthal was not a devout Jew, he often explained his dedication to Nazi-hunting as a service to his people. Pic: Simon Wiesenthal Center.
In 2005 Simon Wiesenthal was awarded the Golden Decoration of Merit by the government of Austria, with whom he often clashed over the years.
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As a young man in Buczacz, Poland, Simon Wiesenthal (center) led a group of Boy Scouts, only one of whom survived the war. Pic: Simon Wiesenthal Center.
He married his wife Cyla in 1936, and lived together in Vienna until her death in 2003. Pic: Simon Wiesenthal Center.
After most of his family died in Nazi death camps, a barely-alive Wiesenthal was liberated from the Mauthausen camp in Austria in 1945. Pic: Simon Wiesenthal Center.
After the war Wiesenthal dedicated himself to tracking down former Nazis.
Wiesenthal helped pursue Adolf Eichmann, who was captured, tried and eventually executed in Israel.
Although Wiesenthal was not a devout Jew, he often explained his dedication to Nazi-hunting as a service to his people. Pic: Simon Wiesenthal Center.
In 2005 Simon Wiesenthal was awarded the Golden Decoration of Merit by the government of Austria, with whom he often clashed over the years.
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