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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]
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.
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.
1939 (age 84–85) New York City, U.S. Occupation. Rabbi. Children. 2 sons. Marvin (Moshe Chaim) Hier (born 1939 in New York City) is the dean and founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, [ 1] its Museum of Tolerance [ 2] and of Moriah, the center's film division. He has been a Track II diplomacy contributor to the genesis of the Abraham Accords.
As a small number of protesters gathered Wednesday outside the Museum of Tolerance, about 150 viewers screened footage from the Oct. 7 attacks, compiled by the Israel Defense Forces.
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.
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.
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.