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Every Day Remembrance Day: A Chronicle of Jewish Martyrdom
Book by Wiesenthal, Simon
320 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 1987
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Simon Wiesenthal
55 books113 followersSimon Wiesenthal, KBE, was an Austrian-Jewish architectural engineer and Holocaust survivor who became famous after World War II for his work as a Nazi hunter who pursued Nazi war criminals in an effort to bring them to justice.
Following four and a half years in the German concentration camps such as Janowska, Plaszow, and Mauthausen during World War II, Wiesenthal dedicated most of his life to tracking down and gathering information on fugitive Nazis so that they could be brought to justice for war crimes and crimes against humanity. In 1947, he co-founded the Jewish Historical Documentation Center in Linz, Austria, in order to gather information for future war crime trials. Later he opened Jewish Documentation Center in Vienna. Wiesenthal wrote The Sunflower, which describes a life-changing event he experienced when he was in the camp.
A biography by Guy Walters asserts that many of Wiesenthal's claims regarding his education, wartime experiences and Nazi hunting exploits are false or exaggerated. Walters calls Wiesenthal’s claims "an illusion mounted for a good cause". It is difficult to establish a reliable narrative of Wiesenthal’s life due to the inconsistencies between his three memoirs which are in turn all contradicted by contemporary records. It is partly thanks to Wiesenthal that the Holocaust has been remembered and properly documented.
Wiesenthal died in his sleep at age 96 in Vienna on September 20, 2005, and was buried in the city of Herzliya in Israel on 23 September. He is survived by his daughter, Paulinka Kriesberg, and three grandchildren. The Simon Wiesenthal Center, located in Los Angeles in the United States, is named in his honor.
Following four and a half years in the German concentration camps such as Janowska, Plaszow, and Mauthausen during World War II, Wiesenthal dedicated most of his life to tracking down and gathering information on fugitive Nazis so that they could be brought to justice for war crimes and crimes against humanity. In 1947, he co-founded the Jewish Historical Documentation Center in Linz, Austria, in order to gather information for future war crime trials. Later he opened Jewish Documentation Center in Vienna. Wiesenthal wrote The Sunflower, which describes a life-changing event he experienced when he was in the camp.
A biography by Guy Walters asserts that many of Wiesenthal's claims regarding his education, wartime experiences and Nazi hunting exploits are false or exaggerated. Walters calls Wiesenthal’s claims "an illusion mounted for a good cause". It is difficult to establish a reliable narrative of Wiesenthal’s life due to the inconsistencies between his three memoirs which are in turn all contradicted by contemporary records. It is partly thanks to Wiesenthal that the Holocaust has been remembered and properly documented.
Wiesenthal died in his sleep at age 96 in Vienna on September 20, 2005, and was buried in the city of Herzliya in Israel on 23 September. He is survived by his daughter, Paulinka Kriesberg, and three grandchildren. The Simon Wiesenthal Center, located in Los Angeles in the United States, is named in his honor.
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July 13, 2023
This book shows well how much Jews were persecuted throughout history. It breaks the events down like a calendar, showing everything that happened on January 1st, then January 2nd, and so on throughout the year. At least one terrible pogrom, aktion, massacre, arrival to death camps, blood libel accusation, or any other hate crime, occurred every day of the year.
This format certainly works for showing the reader how much Jews have been persecuted. It also asserts how unique the Holocaust was, since while antisemitic acts throughout history are shown to be very common, Holocaust-related atrocities happened almost every day. Although weight is still given to less well-known crimes against the Jews.
I learned about many medieval expulsions, early modern blood libels, and other non-Holocaust crimes against the Jews through this book. The numbers still remain fresh and horrifying, even if because the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust is broken up into still terrible thousands or tens of thousands. It makes a stronger impact than simply saying “X number of pogroms and Jews martyred happened.” This book left a great impact on me, and left me knowledgeable about the true horror of the Jewish martyred.
This format certainly works for showing the reader how much Jews have been persecuted. It also asserts how unique the Holocaust was, since while antisemitic acts throughout history are shown to be very common, Holocaust-related atrocities happened almost every day. Although weight is still given to less well-known crimes against the Jews.
I learned about many medieval expulsions, early modern blood libels, and other non-Holocaust crimes against the Jews through this book. The numbers still remain fresh and horrifying, even if because the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust is broken up into still terrible thousands or tens of thousands. It makes a stronger impact than simply saying “X number of pogroms and Jews martyred happened.” This book left a great impact on me, and left me knowledgeable about the true horror of the Jewish martyred.
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