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'''Simon Wiesenthal''' ([[Buchach|Butschatsch]], [[December 31]], [[1908]] – [[Vienna]], [[September 20]], [[2005]]) was an [[Austria]]n-[[Jew]]ish [[architectural engineering|architectural engineer]] who [[Nazi hunter|hunted down]] [[Nazi]] war criminals, after surviving the [[Holocaust]]. Following four and a half years in the concentration camps of [[Lwów concentration camp|Janowska]], [[Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp|Plaszow]], and [[Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp|Mauthausen]] during [[World War II]], Wiesenthal dedicated most of his life to tracking down and gathering information on [[fugitive]] [[Nazism|Nazi]]s so that they could be brought to justice for [[war crime]]s and [[crimes against humanity]]. The [[Simon Wiesenthal Center]], located in [[Los Angeles]] in the [[United States]], is named in honor of him. Wiesenthal also wrote [[''The Sunflower'' |The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness]], which describes a life-changing event he experienced when he was in the camp.