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Simon Wiesenthal

Biography
A very thorough biography of Simon Wiesenthal from the Museum of Tolerance.

Photographs of Simon Wiesenthal
Six photographs of Wiesenthal or related to his story, including pictures of Wiesenthal in 1923 with a group of Boy Scouts, a 1936 portrait of Wiesenthal and his wife, and a photograph of Wiesenthal at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

Photographs of Simon Wiesenthal: More
Four photographs of Wiesenthal: two photographs of him in Lvov before WWII started, one with Wiesenthal standing with Menahem Begin and Rabbi Marvin Hier, and one photograph a close-up of him.

Quotes by Wiesenthal
Thirteen selected quotes about such topics as guilt, silence, neo-Nazis, and the future.

United Nations Year for Tolerance Speech
On November 20, 1995 in New York, Wiesenthal gave a speech addressing his concerns about the combination of hate and technology. To enhance tolerance to all peoples, Wiesenthal proposed an international conference with representatives of the monotheistic and other religions to help stop hate.

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