Simon Wiesenthal Thesis

“When history looks back I want people to know the Nazis weren’t able to kill millions of people and get away with it.” (Simon Wiesenthal) Simon was a Holocaust survivor. After Simon escaped for the camp he wanted to do something memorable. Simon dedicated his life to hunt and prosecute Nazis. Simon didn’t want what the Nazis had done to them to go unpunished. Wouldn’t you want the same? Simon was born on December 31, 1908. Simon’s father was killed during World War I. In 1936 he married Cyla Mueller. Their life together was happy until 1939. In 1939 Russia and Germany decided to sign a “non-aggression” pact. This pact meant that Russia would soon occupy Lvov, and that there shortly afterward would begin the Red purge. In 1942 Wiesenthal had escaped from the Ostbahn camp with the help from the deputy director. Although he had escaped from the last camp he got captured and sent to Janwska. Simon would have been killed there if the Germany Army wouldn’t have collapsed. When the Americans liberated the camp on May 5, 1945 Wiesenthal was barely alive. Finally, he regained his strength. In 1945 Wiesenthal was reunited with his thought to be dead wife. In 1946 their daughter was born. In spite of everything that has happened to them they still found it in them to bring a daughter into …show more content…
In June 1982 a bomb exploded on his front door. Even when you think you have done many good things for the people, this is how they would repay you. Simon Wiesenthal quotes what an SS corporal told him in his final paragraph which was, “You would tell the truth [about the death camps] to the people in America. That’s right. And you know what would happen, Wiesenthal? They wouldn’t believe you. They’d say you were mad. Might even put you into an asylum. How can anyone believe this terrible business unless he has lived through it?” (Simon Wiesenthal quotes SS