Simon Wiesenthal
Simon Wiesenthal was an Austrian Holocaust survivor, Nazi hunter, and writer. He studied architecture, and was living in Lwów at the outbreak of World War II. He survived the Janowska concentration camp, the Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp, the Gross-Rosen concentration camp, a death march to Chemnitz, Buchenwald, and the Mauthausen concentration camp.
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- 🏆 Presidential Medal of Freedom🏆 Otto Hahn Peace Medal🏆 Congressional Gold Medal🏆 Erasmus Prize🏆 Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau
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1908
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