Quo Fuit places 9 dated presences for Simon Wiesenthal across 7 places, from 1908 to 1977.
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Simon Wiesenthal (31 December 1908 to 20 September 2005) was an Austrian Holocaust survivor, Nazi hunter, and writer.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Simon Wiesenthal was documented, and when
31 December 1908exact date
Ukraineattested“Wiesenthal was born on 31 December 1908, in Buczacz (Buchach), Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, then part of Austria-Hungary, now Ternopil Oblast, in Ukraine.”source: Wikipedia: Simon Wiesenthal
31 December 1908exact date
Buczaczattested“Wiesenthal was born on 31 December 1908, in Buczacz (Buchach), Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, then part of Austria-Hungary, now Ternopil Oblast, in Ukraine.”source: Wikipedia: Simon Wiesenthal
1928year
Buczaczattested“Wiesenthal remained in Buczacz, living with the Müller family, until he graduated from high school—on his second attempt—in 1928.”source: Wikipedia: Simon Wiesenthal
1941year
Janowska concentration campattested“In late 1941, Wiesenthal and his wife were transferred to Janowska concentration camp and forced to work at the Eastern Railway Repair Works.”source: Wikipedia: Simon Wiesenthal
February 1947month
Linzattested“In February 1947, he and 30 other volunteers founded the Jewish Documentation Center in Linz to gather information for future war crimes trials.”source: Wikipedia: Simon Wiesenthal
1958 to 1960period
Paraguayattested“Acting on information received from Wiesenthal, West German authorities tried to extradite Mengele in 1960, but he could not be found; he had in fact moved to Paraguay in 1958.”source: Wikipedia: Simon Wiesenthal
1961 to 1979period
Brazilattested“He moved to Brazil in 1961 and lived there until he drowned while swimming in 1979.”source: Wikipedia: Simon Wiesenthal
1974year
Linzattested“He told biographer Alan Levy in 1974: Though most of the Jews still alive in Linz had emigrated after the war, Wiesenthal decided to stay on, partly because the family of Adolf Eichmann lived a few blocks away from him.”source: Wikipedia: Simon Wiesenthal
1977year
Los Angelesattested“The Simon Wiesenthal Centre in Los Angeles was founded in 1977 by Rabbi Marvin Hier, who paid Wiesenthal an honorarium for the right to use his name.”source: Wikipedia: Simon Wiesenthal
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Other places tied to Simon Wiesenthal in the record
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1917year
Buczaczmentioned“The family returned to Buczacz in 1917 after the Russians retreated.”source: Wikipedia: Simon Wiesenthal
1926year
Dolynamentioned“Rosa remarried in 1926 and moved to Dolyna with her new husband, Isack Halperin, who owned a tile factory there.”source: Wikipedia: Simon Wiesenthal
1928 to 1932period
Czech Technical University in Praguementioned“He instead enrolled at the Czech Technical University in Prague, where he studied from 1928 until 1932.”source: Wikipedia: Simon Wiesenthal
1928 to 1932period
Praguementioned“He instead enrolled at the Czech Technical University in Prague, where he studied from 1928 until 1932.”source: Wikipedia: Simon Wiesenthal
1934 to 1935period
Odessamentioned“He was apprenticed as a building engineer through 1934 and 1935, spending most of that period in Odessa.”source: Wikipedia: Simon Wiesenthal
1940 to 1961period
Odessamentioned“Wiesenthal's 1961 book Ich jagte Eichmann (I chased Eichmann) states that he worked in Odessa as an engineer from 1940 to 1941.”source: Wikipedia: Simon Wiesenthal
July 1941month
Lvovmentioned“Several thousand Jews were murdered in Lvov by Ukrainian nationals and German Einsatzgruppen in June and July 1941.”source: Wikipedia: Simon Wiesenthal
1942year
Yugoslaviamentioned“When he returned to active duty in 1942, he was posted to Yugoslavia and Greece, and had knowledge of murders of civilians that took place in those locations during his service there.”source: Wikipedia: Simon Wiesenthal
February 1942month
Sobibor extermination campmentioned“In February 1942, he was commander at the Sobibor extermination camp and in August of the same year he was transferred to Treblinka.”source: Wikipedia: Simon Wiesenthal
February 1942month
Treblinkamentioned“In February 1942, he was commander at the Sobibor extermination camp and in August of the same year he was transferred to Treblinka.”source: Wikipedia: Simon Wiesenthal
August 1942month
Belzec extermination campmentioned“In one such deportation, Wiesenthal's mother and other elderly Jewish women were transported by freight train to Belzec extermination camp and murdered in August 1942.”source: Wikipedia: Simon Wiesenthal
1943year
Auschwitz concentration campmentioned“Josef Mengele was a medical officer assigned to Auschwitz concentration camp from 1943 until the end of the war.”source: Wikipedia: Simon Wiesenthal
January 1945month
Weiden in der Oberpfalzmentioned“He left the camp in January 1945 as the Red Army approached and was briefly in American custody in Weiden in der Oberpfalz, but was released.”source: Wikipedia: Simon Wiesenthal
February 1945month
Chemnitzmentioned“From Chemnitz, the prisoners were taken in open freight cars to Buchenwald, and a few days later by truck to Mauthausen concentration camp, arriving in mid-February 1945.”source: Wikipedia: Simon Wiesenthal
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