How Did Simon Wiesenthal Survive The Holocaust

World War II was no doubt a very dark time, but there were people who vowed revenge on the Nazis for what they had done. According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum up to 6 million Jews were killed during the Holocaust. Simon Wiesenthal was a devoted Nazi hunter after he was placed in several concentration camps during World War II and survived through all five of them (“Simon Wiesenthal”). When people think of all the lives the Nazis took, the thought of Nazis killed in revenge normally does not come to mind. Simon Wiesenthal was no doubt one of the strongest Jews to survive the Holocaust and contain the bravery to bring justice upon the Nazis.

Simon Wiesenthal was born in 1908 on December 31st. He was born in a city called Buczacz located in Galicia. The Wiesenthal family was already involved with war even before the Holocaust. Simon Wiesenthal's father died in World War I being a part of the Austrian Army. His father's death did not stop him from wanting to be educated. Wiesenthal earned a degree in architectural engineering and put that to work in his own practice which was located in Lvov. A couple years after his practice was set up the Soviet Union took over Lvov. After the

Wiesenthal earned two Medals of Freedom, Dutch and Luxembourg, along with a U.S. Congressional Medal of Honor. He also had an HBO film made for him titled Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story in 1989 (“Simon Wiesenthal”). Wiesenthal was a nobleman who gave his best efforts into bringing justice to the lives of many Jews. He wrote a book called The Sunflower about his many war experiences and of the things that happened to him (Segev). In writing this book, he shows that he is strong enough and willing to tell about the many things he has endured throughout the Holocaust. Simon Wiesenthal died on on September 20, 2005, making it to the age of 94 (“Simon