Famous
Nazi-
hunter, born December 31, 1908; died September 20, 2005. Wiesenthal
enlisted the help of
Israeli,
West German, and other
governments to track down about a thousand Nazi
war criminals. He is best known for
catching Adolf Eichmann in
Argentina, and also
Fritz Stangl, who was a
commandant in two
death camps. Wiesenthal also started an
organization called The
Documentation Centre on the
Fate of
Jews and Their
Persecutors, which tracked down Jewish
refugees and gathered
evidence for
war crimes tribunals.
The protagonist in the movie The Boys From Brazil is based on Wiesenthal.