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Article: Man who hunted NAZIS; TRIBUTES TO SIMON WIESENTHAL.. 'CONSCIENCE OF THE HOLOCAUST'.(News)
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- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 21, 2005
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Byline: By DON MACKAY who met Simon Wiesenthal in 1982
THE world's greatest tracker of Nazi war criminals has died at the age of 96, it was confirmed yesterday.
Simon Wiesenthal, the Holocaust survivor who dedicated his life to finding those responsible for the atrocities of Nazi Germany, died in his sleep at his home in Vienna, Austria.
Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center which continues his work, said: "Simon Wiesenthal was the conscience of the Holocaust.
"When the Holocaust ended in 1945 and the whole world went ...