Hundreds Attend Wiesenthal Funeral
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Hundreds of dignitaries, Holocaust survivors and admirers attended the funeral ceremony for Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal, who was buried in the Israeli coastal town of Herzliya.
Rabbi Michael Melchior, Israel’s deputy minister for education, said Wiesenthal, who died in Vienna at 96, taught an entire generation about the Holocaust. But instead of being embittered, Wiesenthal drew upon his past to seek hope and optimism, Melchior said.
Dignitaries from the U.S., Austria and Israel placed wreaths on Wiesenthal’s grave, and mourners placed stones, a Jewish tradition.
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