Simon Wiesenthal
Simon Wiesenthal
Simon Wiesenthalwas an Austrian Nazi hunter and writer. He was a Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor who became famous after World War II for his work as a Nazi hunter...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth31 December 1908
CityBuchach, Ukraine
CountryAustria
accuse people
We know that we are not collectively guilty, so how can we accuse any other nation, no matter what some of its people have done, of being collectively guilty?
history millions people
When history looks back, I want people to know that the Nazis could not kill millions of people with impunity.
history looks millions people
When history looks back I want people to know the Nazis weren't able to kill millions of people and get away with it,
black expose people plight scourge slaves sudan suffer thousands today
to expose the plight of black slaves in Sudan and Mauritania, where today tens of thousands of black people still suffer the scourge of slavery.
camps four holocaust months people problem six view
I was over four years in different camps with people from 15 nations: Jews, Gentiles, Gypsies, communists. Through this experience, my view on the Holocaust and the whole problem of Nazism is a lot different from Elie Wiesel, who was only six months in camps and only with Jews.
people naked nazi
The end was surely near. The Nazis killed you only when you were naked, because they knew, psychologically, that naked people never resist.
law people tragedy
For your benefit, learn from our tragedy. It is not a written law that the next victims must be Jews. It can also be other people.
people want able
When history looks back, I want people to know the Nazis weren't able to kill millions of people and get away with it.
naked people surely
The end was surely near, ... The Nazis killed you only when you were naked, because they knew, psychologically, that naked people never resist.
assure city handle majority power prepared restored vast within
I'm here to assure you that our city is prepared to handle these situations, ... Power was restored to the vast majority of D.W.P. customers, 90 percent, within the first two hours.
ask became built camps coffee died forget jews meet millions
When we come to the other world and meet the millions of Jews who died in the camps and they ask us, 'What have you done?' there will be many answers. You will say, 'I became a jeweler.' Another will say, 'I smuggled coffee and American cigarettes.' Another will say, 'I built houses.' But I will say, 'I didn't forget you.' Â
happen might
If all of us forgot, the same thing might happen again, in 20 or 50 or 100 years,
feared mad perhaps
We thought we were going mad, ... Perhaps we feared (or hoped) we were mad already.
afraid buried grave
He did not want to be buried in Austria, as he was afraid his grave will be mutilated.