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Finding Eichmann “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 Wiesenthal "The Nazi Hunter”) Simon Wiesenthal dedicated his life documenting crimes over the holocaust. Simon Wiesenthal may have been a victim of the Nazi brutality in the concentration camps, but when WWII was over Wiesenthal became “A Nazi Hunter” searching for war criminals so justice could be realized. Simon Wiesenthal was born on December 31, 1908 in Buczacz now know as Lvov in Ukraine. He graduated from the gymnasium in 1928 and applied to the Polytechnic Institute in Lvov. He was barred admission due to the restrictions of Jewish students. (About Simon Wiesenthal)
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