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Simon Wiesenthal

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A documentary about the life and work of Simon Wiesenthal, a Holocaust survivor who became known for his work as Nazi Hunter, dedicated himself after the war to trace War Criminals and bringing them to justice. Wiesenthal is the founder of "Jewish Documentation Center", in 1947 in Linz, Austria. The Center was reopened in 1959 in Vienna. The "Jewish Documentation Center" was responsible for exposing more than 1,000 Nazi war criminals, including Adolf Eichmann. At 1977 Wiesenthal founded the "Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies" in Los Angeles and till today he plays an important role in commemorating the Holocaust victims.