Vienna to hold memorial service for Wiesenthal

A memorial service is to be held in Vienna, Austria, today for holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter Wiesenthal who died yesterday aged 96.

Vienna to hold memorial service for Wiesenthal
Wed, 21 Sep, 2005 - 10:59

A memorial service is to be held in Vienna, Austria, today for holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter Wiesenthal who died yesterday aged 96.

The concentration camp guards stood with their rifles ready, awaiting the order to fire at Simon Wiesenthal and other prisoners standing along the edge of a pit where their bodies would topple.

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