Wiesenthal, Simon

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Simon Wiesenthal

Name	Wiesenthal, Simon Gender: M
born on	31 December 1908 at 23:30 (= 11:30 PM )
Place	Buczacz, Ukraine, 49n07, 25e26
Timezone	MET h1e (is standard time)
Data source	Bio/autobiography Rodden Rating B
Astrology data	09°54' 01°46 Asc. 09°21'

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Biography

Ukranian Nazi hunter who made a career of tracking down some 1,100 war criminals from 1945 after he was held in a concentration camp for four and a half years and saw his mom and kin "exterminated." His most notorious capture was that of Eichmann in 1960. He wrote his autobiography in 1967 and again in 1990.

In November 1990, he was given an honorary doctorate by Vienna University.

The renowned Nazi-hunter died at age 96 early on September 20, 2005 in Vienna, Austria.

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Events

• Work : Prize November 1990 (Given honorary doctorate by Vienna University)

• Social : Institutionalized - prison, hospital 1940 (Interred in Nazi concentration camp)

• Social : Great Publicity 1960 (Captured Eichmann)

• Death, Cause unspecified 20 September 2005 (Age 96)

Source Notes

Dana Holliday quotes his autobiography, "The Murderers Among Us," 1967, p.23. Felipe Ferreira supplies the birth location from records.

Autobiography: Simon Wiesenthal, "Justice, Not Vengeance," Grove Weidenfelt, 1990, translated from the German by Ewald Osers.

Categories

• Family : Childhood : Family traumatic event (Family killed by Nazis)

• Passions : Criminal Victim : Concentration camp (4 1/2 years)

• Notable : Book Collection : American Book

• Vocation : Law : Private Investigator (Nazi hunter)

• Notable : Awards : Other Awards (Honorary doctorate by Vienna University)

• Vocation : Writers : Autobiographer (Two)

• Traits : Mind : Education extensive (Honorary doctorate)

• Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (96 years old)