Ireland's chief rabbi pays tribute to Simon Wiesenthal

The chief rabbi of the Jewish community in Ireland has paid tribute to Holocaust survivor Simon Wiesenthal, who died in Austria this morning at the age of 96.

Wiesenthal, who lost 89 relatives in the Holocaust, is best known for helping to track down numerous Nazi war criminals following the Second World War.

He spent the later decades of his life fighting anti-Semitism and prejudice against all people.

Ireland's chief rabbi, Dr Yaakov Pearlman, described him as a hero and said his death was a great loss to the Jewish community.

"He wanted people to know that the Nazis were not able to kill millions of people and simply get away with it," he said. "That was his driving force."