# Simon Weisenthal Dead at 96 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 20, 2005, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simon-weisenthal-dead-at-96/322517 "2005-09-20T12:05:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simon-weisenthal-dead-at-96/322517/1 "2005-09-20T12:05:06Z")
[http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050920/ap\_on\_re\_eu/obit\_wiesenthal](http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050920/ap_on_re_eu/obit_wiesenthal) ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simon-weisenthal-dead-at-96/322517/2 "2005-09-20T12:40:10Z")
I just saw the same report on CNN. Mr. Weisenthal dedicated his life to an important duty, bringing Nazis to justice. He will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simon-weisenthal-dead-at-96/322517/3 "2005-09-20T12:43:57Z")
Godspeed Mr. Weisenthal. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simon-weisenthal-dead-at-96/322517/4 "2005-09-20T12:53:56Z")
A great, great man. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simon-weisenthal-dead-at-96/322517/5 "2005-09-20T14:07:17Z")
What a loss for the world. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simon-weisenthal-dead-at-96/322517/6 "2005-09-20T15:00:32Z")
☹ I read [The Sunflower: on the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0805210601/qid=1127229027/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-6292626-6450448?v=glance&s=books&n=507846) for my Seminar on the Holocaust I had several years ago. Excellent book and I recommend it for everyone. Man, this is sad news. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simon-weisenthal-dead-at-96/322517/7 "2005-09-20T16:05:11Z")
He lived a long life, doing what he felt mattered. It did matter. Mr. Weisenthal, you did good. ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simon-weisenthal-dead-at-96/322517/8 "2005-09-20T18:06:16Z")
One of the rare privledges I’ve felt I had in my life was sitting in on the trial of one of the war criminals that was in israel about two decades ago. Until the moment of seeing it, I never really saw the holochaust as something -real-. My grandfather managed to get out of poland right before the take-over, and he joined the army (under an assumed identity) when he got to the US. I had no connection until I was at the trial, listening to testimony. It was only an afternoon, but afterwords it all came crashing down on me as to how real and horrific it all was. I can’t imagine not only surviving this, but having the fortitude to face it day after day. I can, however, certainly understand the need for justice. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simon-weisenthal-dead-at-96/322517/9 "2005-09-21T15:36:03Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > [http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050920/ap\_on\_re\_eu/obit\_wiesenthal](http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050920/ap_on_re_eu/obit_wiesenthal) Wiesenthal helped bring 1,100 Nazis to justice. They killed 89 of his relatives. That is of course a drop in the bucket in terms of the Holocaust and the overall war. But on a _personal level_, and if I may be permitted to use a sporting metaphor out of respect and admiration, a score of 1,100 to 89 is a _total and complete ass-kicking._ Sailboat ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simon-weisenthal-dead-at-96/322517/10 "2005-09-21T16:41:07Z")
He was a hero in the truest sense of the word, and made the world a better place by fighting evil in it. He will be missed.