The Wiesenthal file

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Simon Wiesenthal endured four and a half years in Nazi concentration camps during World War II, losing eighty-nine family members to extermination and emerging from the war a living skeleton. Nearly fifty years later, he remains fiercely dedicated to justice for the Jewish people and the pursuit of Nazi war criminals, having brought eleven hundred Nazis to trial. His name is often linked with notorious figures like Adolf Eichmann and Josef Mengele. Wiesenthal's immense personal courage is unquestionable, but questions arise about the relevance of his work so long after the war. He asserts, "We live in a modern world... but there is another sort of pollution that people ignore. In many countries, people are living between murderers, and that is the biggest pollution of all." This book, written by journalist Alan Levy, offers the first critical examination of Wiesenthal's life and work, drawing on his own words to detail his relentless pursuit of justice. While the narrative is as gripping as any thriller, it also serves as a thoughtful exploration by an independent-minded Jew of one of the most significant Jewish figures of our time.