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Wiesenthal, Simon, born 31-12-1908 in Buczacz, in Austria-Hungary. His father, Asher Wiesenthal, was a wholesaler who had emigrated from the Russian Empire in 1905 to escape the frequent pogroms against Jews. A reservist in the Austro-Hungarian Army, Asher was called to active duty in 1914 at the start of World War I. He died in... Read more »

Simon Wiesenthal, to have the ability to smile and joke, and the endurance and belieft to continue

Throughout the history of law, there have been trials of animals, convictions (and even occasional executions) of innocent people. Not so well known are

I am familiar with Anne Frank and also with Simon Wiesenthal, but I had no idea that Wiesenthal had spent years tracking down the Gestapo officer who arrested Anne and all the other people who had been hiding from the Nazis on the upper floors of her father's business for over 2 years. It is a fascinating story. After having survived time in a Polish ghetto, several Nazi concentration camps and a forced march, in part because of his artistic skill was needed by the Gestapo, Simon Wiesenthal…

“Human rights is the only ideology that deserves to survive”-- Simon Wiesenthal