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19/02/2004
Nazi hunter Wiesenthal awarded knighthood
The renowned Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal has been awarded an honorary knighthood, it has been announced today.
According to the citation, the KBE was awarded in recognition of Mr Wiesenthal's lifetime of service to humanity, including the many members of the Austrian, German and Central European Jewish communities who have made their post war homes in Britain, "through his work to bring the Nazi perpetrators of the holocaust to justice".
Simon Wiesenthal, who turned 95 on New Year's Eve, founded the Simon Wiesenthal Centre in 1977, as an international Jewish human rights organisation dedicated to fostering tolerance and understanding through community involvement, educational outreach and social action.
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw paid tribute to Mr Wiesenthal's "untiring" service to the Jewish communities in the UK and elsewhere by "helping to right at least some of the awful wrongs of the Holocaust".
He added: "In making this award, we also have in mind the work of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre in preserving the memory of the Holocaust and fostering tolerance and understanding, ideals that are more relevant than ever in the present day."
The British ambassador in Vienna will present the award at a later date.
(gmcg)
According to the citation, the KBE was awarded in recognition of Mr Wiesenthal's lifetime of service to humanity, including the many members of the Austrian, German and Central European Jewish communities who have made their post war homes in Britain, "through his work to bring the Nazi perpetrators of the holocaust to justice".
Simon Wiesenthal, who turned 95 on New Year's Eve, founded the Simon Wiesenthal Centre in 1977, as an international Jewish human rights organisation dedicated to fostering tolerance and understanding through community involvement, educational outreach and social action.
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw paid tribute to Mr Wiesenthal's "untiring" service to the Jewish communities in the UK and elsewhere by "helping to right at least some of the awful wrongs of the Holocaust".
He added: "In making this award, we also have in mind the work of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre in preserving the memory of the Holocaust and fostering tolerance and understanding, ideals that are more relevant than ever in the present day."
The British ambassador in Vienna will present the award at a later date.
(gmcg)
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