[lbo-talk] Simon Wiesenthal

[John E. Norem]

Since the early 1960s Simon Wiesenthal’s name has become synonymous with 
Nazi hunting. His standing is that of a secular saint. Nominated four 
times for the Nobel peace prize, the recipient of a British honorary 
knighthood, the US Presidential Medal of Freedom, the French Légion 
d’honneur and at least 53 other distinctions, he was often credited with 
some 1,100 Nazi “scalps”. He is remembered, above all, for his efforts 
to track down Adolf Eichmann, one of the most notorious war criminals.

His reputation is built on sand, however. He was a liar — and a bad one 
at that.

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