# Simon Wiesenthal dead at 96.

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**Created:** [September 20, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simon-wiesenthal-dead-at-96/322557 "2005-09-20T17:04:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simon-wiesenthal-dead-at-96/322557/1 "2005-09-20T17:04:28Z")

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I haven’t read any of his works, but I know several of his countless fans. The “Conscience of the Holocaust” died peacefully at the end of a very productive life.

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> A survivor of five Nazi death camps, Wiesenthal dedicated himself to being a voice for the six million Jews who died during the genocide.

[\*Nazi hunter Wiesenthal dies.](http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/09/20/wiesenthal_dies_20050920.html)\*

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**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, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simon-wiesenthal-dead-at-96/322557/2 "2005-09-20T17:06:59Z")

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Posted this thread earlier this morning:

> **[Simon Weisenthal Dead at 96](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=335873)**
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> http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050920/ap\_on\_re\_eu/obit\_wiesenthal