EDITORIAL NEVER FORGET.WHEN American forces liberated lib·er·ate tr.v. lib·er·at·ed, lib·er·at·ing, lib·er·ates 1. To set free, as from oppression, confinement, or foreign control. 2. Chemistry To release (a gas, for example) from combination. him from the Mauthausen death camp in Austria, Simon Wiesenthal Simon Wiesenthal, KBE, (Buczacz, December 31, 1908 – Vienna, September 20, 2005) was an Austrian-Jewish architectural engineer who hunted down Nazi war criminals, after surviving the Holocaust. was not content to simply return to life as usual. He was going to take some time - it ended up being a lifetime - working against injustice and intolerance in our world. And so he made it his work to pursue the war criminals of Nazi Germany and bring them to justice. Wiesenthal's efforts led to more than 1,100 convictions, including that of Adolf Eichmann Noun 1. Adolf Eichmann - Austrian who became the Nazi official who administered the concentration camps where millions of Jews were murdered during World War II (1906-1962) Eichmann, Karl Adolf Eichmann , architect of Hitler's wicked ``Final Solution.'' In his latter years, Wiesenthal broadened his work, standing up against bigotry Bigotry See also Anti-Semitism. Beaumanoir, Sir Lucas de prejudiced ascetic; Grand Master of Templars. [Br. Lit.: Ivanhoe] Bunker, Archie middle-aged bigot in television series. of all kinds. He was adamant that neither the Holocaust nor its lessons are ever forgotten. With his passing Monday, the world loses one of its strongest champions of peace. But perhaps there is no greater tribute to be paid to Wiesenthal than to say that he succeeded. He taught us well the need to be ever vigilant, to never forget. |
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