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Soon after he went on to found the Jewish Historical Documentation Center in Linz, [[Austria]], for the purpose of assembling evidence for future trials, and ran the center until it closed in 1954.
Soon after he went on to found the Jewish Historical Documentation Center in Linz, [[Austria]], for the purpose of assembling evidence for future trials, and ran the center until it closed in 1954.
[[Adolf Eichmann]], a [[Gestapo]] Officer responsible for many deaths, had not been located, and Weisenthal was determined to bring him to justice for his crimes against humanity. In 1959 Eichmann was found living in [[Buenos Aires]] using an alias. He was tried, found guilty of mass murder, and executed on May 31, 1961. After Eichmann had been found, Wiesenthal reopened the Jewish Historical Documentation Center for the sole purpose of finding war criminals. He was able to locate hundreds of war criminals, including some high profile people such as Franz Stangl, the commandant of the [[Treblinka]] and Sobibor concentration camps in Poland, and Hermine Braunsteiner, who had supervised children's exterminations at [[Majdanek]]. They were both tried and sentenced to life imprisonment.
[[Adolf Eichmann]], a [[Gestapo]] Officer responsible for many deaths, had not been located, and Weisenthal was determined to bring him to justice for his crimes against humanity. In 1959 Eichmann was found living in [[Buenos Aires]] using an alias. He was tried, found guilty of mass murder, and executed on May 31, 1961. After Eichmann had been found, Wiesenthal reopened the Jewish Historical Documentation Center for the sole purpose of finding war criminals. He was able to locate hundreds of war criminals, including some high-profile people such as Franz Stangl, the commandant of the [[Treblinka]] and Sobibor concentration camps in Poland, and Hermine Braunsteiner, who had supervised children's exterminations at [[Majdanek]]. They were both tried and sentenced to life imprisonment.
For three decades Wiesenthal continued to locate Nazi war criminals who had fled and were living under new identities, and bring them to justice.
For three decades Wiesenthal continued to locate Nazi war criminals who had fled and were living under new identities, and bring them to justice.
*Honorary Knighthood of the British Empire from Queen Elizabeth II
*Honorary Knighthood of the British Empire from Queen Elizabeth II
In 1967 he wrote his memoirs, and in 1989, his book was was made into a movie called: "''Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story''".
In 1967 he wrote his memoirs, and in 1989, his book was made into a movie called: "''Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story''".
He also authored these books:
He also authored these books: