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In 1990, Simon Wiesenthal received the Freedom from Fear Award. He dedicated himself to remembering the horrors of Nazism, and helping to ensure that they were not repeated. He did so by hunting down Nazis. Justice, not revenge, was central to Wiesenthal's life. With the emergence of the new Europe, his work should never be forgotten.

More about Wiesenthal

Simon Wiesenthal was born in Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine) in 1908. He was imprisoned in twelve concentration camps before the US army liberated him in 1945. After his imprisonment, Wiesenthal founded the Jewish Documentation Centre in Vienna in 1947. Together with this centre, he tracked down Nazi criminals. Wiesenthal brought more than 1.100 Nazi criminals from all over the world to justice. He died in 2005 in Vienna, Austria.

Positions and articles

Wiesenthal held the following positions:

● Nazi hunter (1947 - 2003)

He wrote the following books:

● Ich jagte Eichmann (1961)
● Jeder Tag ein Gedenktag. Chronik jüdischen Leidens (1986)

In 1961, the Jewish Documentation Centre was established in Vienna, Austria. This centre is better known as the Simon Wiesenthal Centre. This Jewish human rights organisation aims to keep the memory of the Holocaust alive. Its headquarters are in Los Angeles, USA.

Furthermore, Wiesenthal founded the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies with other international and Austrian researchers. This research centre focuses on research, documentation and knowledge on all parts of the Holocaust.

For his work, Wiesenthal received many international awards:

● Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (FR)
● Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau (NL)
● Erasmus Prize (NL)
● Presidential Medal of Freedom (US)