Wiesenthal

American  

[wee-suhn-thahl, -thawl, vee-zuhn-tahl] / ˈwi sənˌθɑl, -ˌθɔl, vi zənˌtɑl /

noun

1. Simon, 1908–2005, Austrian Holocaust survivor and hunter of Nazi war criminals.

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Wiesenthal British  

/ ˈviːzənˌtɑːl /

noun

1. Simon. 1908–2005, Austrian investigator of Nazi war crimes. A survivor of the concentration camps, he was active since 1945 in documenting Nazi crimes against the Jews, tracking down their perpetrators, and assisting surviving victims

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Wiesenthal

He was hired by Credit Suisse in 2021 after the Simon Wiesenthal Center found information on possible Nazi clients that hadn’t previously been disclosed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

On Thursday, the group, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, said that the timing of the comments — while Emanuel was receiving the highest honor it bestows — was not appropriate.

From New York Times ● May 23, 2024

“Kanye has done horrific damage as far as contributing to the never-ending tsunami of antisemitism in this country,” said rabbi Abraham Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Los Angeles-based Jewish human rights group.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2024

It prompted the Simon Wiesenthal Centre to take to social media again criticising Ben & Jerry's.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2024

We went into the garden of our hotel in the Wiesenthal one day, and found the basin of the fountain there crammed with live trout.

From Home Life in Germany by Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick

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