Simon Wiesenthal: The Nazi HunterThere are many heroic individuals in history who demonstrated greatness during a time of suffering, as well as remorse when greatness was necessary, but one individual stood out to me above them all. He served as a hero to all he knew and all who knew him. This individual, Simon Wiesenthal, deserves praise for his dedication to his heroic work in tracking down and prosecuting the Nazi war criminals who caused thousands of Jews, Gypsies, Poles and other victims of the Holocaust to suffer and die . what Wiesenthal played played a major role in the person he made himself become. Born on December 31, 1908, Simon Wiesenthal lived in Buczacz, Germany, now known as the Lvov Oblast section of Ukraine. The Nazi hunter comes from a small Jewish family who suffered horribly during the Holocaust (Simon Wiesenthal Center). Wiesenthal spent a lot of time trying to survive the harsh conditions of the internment camps and after escaping from the last camp he attended. Wiesenthal spent weeks traveling through the wilderness until he was finally captured by the Allies, still wondering if his wife was still alive (Simon Wiesenthal Center). Of the 3,000 camp prisoners Wiesenthal escaped from, only 1,200 survived and Wiesenthal was one of them (Holocaust Research Project). Once Simon was safe, he began working for the US Army's war crimes section and later reunited with his wife (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). Both men felt like their spouse was dead. After reunification, they had their first child in 1946 (Holocaust Research Project). Wiesenthal opened a Jewish newspaper... middle of paper ...... Works Cited “About Simon Wiesenthal.” –Simon Wiesenthal Center. Np, and Web. February 06, 2014.Bascomb, Neal. Hunting Eichmann: How a group of survivors and a fledgling spy agency hunted down the world's most notorious Nazi. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009. Print. February 6, 2014.Knopf, Alfred A. Anne Frank in the world. New York: Knopf, 2001. Print. February 6, 2014 “Hunting the Nazis: Simon Wiesenthal. » United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Council, June 10, 2013. Web. February 6, 2014“Simon Wiesenthal.” Home of the Jewish Virtual Library. Np, and Web. February 4, 2014 “The Holocaust: 36 questions and answers about the Holocaust. » 36 questions and answers about the Holocaust. Np, and Web. February 6, 2014 “Understand the mission of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. » Home of the Holocaust research project. Np, and Web. February 4. 2014