Simon Wiesenthal

Harper Award
April 24 2009

Militant and hate group Internet use grows: report

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The use of social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube by militant and hate groups grew by almost 20 percent in the past year, a report by the Simon Wiesenthal Center found on Monday.
 

Academics withdraw support for Holocaust center

Renowned academics withdraw support for Vienna Wiesenthal Institute. A dispute over access to an archive involving Vienna's Jewish community has prompted a group of academics to withdraw support for an Austrian Holocaust studies center, saying independent research is no longer possible, according to a letter obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.
 

Austrian Holocaust institute loses key members

Key members of Austrian Holocaust Institute abandon project after fight with Jewish community. Key members of an Austrian Holocaust research center have quit in a dispute with the city's Jewish community.
 

Vienna Holocaust researchers quit over archives row

VIENNA (Reuters) - A new Holocaust research center designed to build on the work of Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal was in jeopardy on Tuesday because of a row between researchers and a Jewish group over access to archives.
 

Fate of Holocaust institute teeters amid dispute

Future of Austrian Holocaust institute unclear amid dispute over Jewish archive access. The future of an Austrian institute for Holocaust studies was in doubt Tuesday over a dispute with the city's Jewish community.
 

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Simon Wiesenthal

Simon Wiesenthal, 1999
BornDecember 31, 1908(1908-12-31)
Buczacz, Kingdom of Galicia, Austria-Hungary
DiedSeptember 20, 2005 (aged 96)
Vienna, Austria
Resting placeHerzliya, Israel
NationalityAustrian Austria
OccupationArchitectural Engineer, Nazi hunter
EmployerU.S. Army
Known forSimon Wiesenthal Center, Jewish Documentation Center
Religious beliefsJudaism