Tuesday, September 20, 2005
RIP, Simon Wiesenthal
Simon Wiesenthal, deathcamp survivor, scourge of fascism and mortal enemy to a generation of Nazis, their sympathizers and apologists, Mr. Wiesenthal is dead at 96.
"'We cry today the loss of Simon Wiesenthal, while others, the revisionists, celebrate. However, they won’t be celebrating for long, because we will keep on fighting,' [said] Dr. Shimon Samuels, director of the Wiesenthal center in Europe.
"Wiesenthal, himself a survivor of the Nazi concentration camps, became a Jewish activist who helped bring more than 1,100 Nazi criminals to justice. "
"'We cry today the loss of Simon Wiesenthal, while others, the revisionists, celebrate. However, they won’t be celebrating for long, because we will keep on fighting,' [said] Dr. Shimon Samuels, director of the Wiesenthal center in Europe.
"Wiesenthal, himself a survivor of the Nazi concentration camps, became a Jewish activist who helped bring more than 1,100 Nazi criminals to justice. "
