| Simon Wiesenthal  Born: 31-Dec-1908
Birthplace: Buczacz, Ukraine
Died: 20-Sep-2005
Location of death: Vienna, Austria
Cause of death: Natural Causes
Remains: Buried, Herzilya Cemetery, Herzilya, Israel
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Activist Nationality: Austria
Executive summary: Nazi hunter Wiesenthal survived 12 separate concentration and labor camps, and afterward tracked down more than 1,000 Nazi war criminals. Father: Asher Wiesenthal (d. 1915)
Mother: Rosa Rapp (d., Belzec death camp)
Wife: Cyla Mueller (m. 1936, d. 10-Nov-2003)
Daughter: Paulinka Kreisberg (b. 1946)
High School: Buczacz, Ukraine (1928)
University: BS Architectural Engineering, Technical University of Prague (1932)
Nazi Concentration Camp Inmate
Escaped from Prison Ostbahn camp Oct-1943
Mossad Agent (1950s)
Assassination Attempt Jun-1982
Congressional Gold Medal 1980
French Legion of Honor 1986
Erasmus Prize 1992
Presidential Medal of Freedom 2000
Knight of the British Empire 19-Jun-2004
Ukrainian Ancestry
Jewish Ancestry
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
As Seen Through These Eyes (8-Mar-2008) · Himself
Genocide (14-Mar-1982) · Himself
Official Website:
http://www.wiesenthal.com/
Author of books:
The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness (1969, nonfiction)
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