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The original museum in Los Angeles, California, opened in 1993. It was built at a cost of $50 million by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, named after its founder Simon Wiesenthal, a Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter. [2] The museum receives 350,000 visitors annually, about a third of which are school-age children.
e. Simon Wiesenthal. The Simon Wiesenthal Center ( SWC) is a Jewish [ 1] human rights organization established in 1977 by Rabbi Marvin Hier. [ 2][ 3][ 4] The center is known for Holocaust research and remembrance, hunting Nazi war criminals, combating anti-Semitism, tolerance education, defending Israel, [ 5] and its Museum of Tolerance. [ 6]
William Herskovic (June 1914 – March 3, 2006) was a Holocaust survivor and humanitarian. His escape from Auschwitz in 1942 and early eyewitness testimony inspired Belgium's opposition to Nazi Germany during World War II, and alerted the Resistance to the atrocities that were taking place in the concentration camps.
Location. Columbus, Ohio, U.S. Coordinates. 39°57′37.7″N 82°59′57.8″W. / 39.960472°N 82.999389°W / 39.960472; -82.999389. The Ohio Holocaust and Liberators Memorial is a bronze and steel Holocaust memorial installed on the Ohio Statehouse grounds, in Columbus, Ohio, United States. It was unveiled by Governor John Kasich and ...
The Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem (MTJ; Hebrew: מוזיאון הסובלנות ירושלים) is a museum, convention center and entertainment venue in downtown Jerusalem. [ 1] The museum's construction was controversial due to its intrusion into the Mamilla Cemetery, a centuries-old Muslim burial site. [ 2]
Honorary Citizen of Dallas, Texas, 1979. Honorary Citizen of Louisville, Kentucky, USA, 1979. Jerusalem Medal, presented by the Town Council of Jerusalem, 1980. Proclamation of the City of New York - Day of Solidarity with Simon Wiesenthal, March 31, 1981. Honorary Citizen of Miami Beach, Florida, USA, 1983.
Website. vwi .ac .at. The Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies (VWI) is a research centre dedicated to the research and documentation of and education on all aspects of antisemitism, racism and the Holocaust, including its emergence and aftermath. It was designed by Simon Wiesenthal as well as international and Austrian researchers.
The Museum of Tolerance describes itself as the educational arm of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the Jewish human rights organization named for a renowned Nazi hunter.