Simon Wiesenthal, KBE (December 31, 1908September 20, 2005) was an Austrian Holocaust survivor who became famous after World War II for his work as a Nazi hunter. He was presented with many awards, merits, and honorary doctorates over the course of his life.
Decoration for Services to the Liberation of Austria | 1979 | |
Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau | Netherlands | |
Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic | given by the Italian President Pertini, 20 July 1979[1] | |
United States of America; March 17, 1980 | ||
Commander of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg | 1981 | |
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany | from the President of the German Federal Republic, 1985 | |
Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur | France, 1986 | |
Cross of Honour for Science and Art | Austria, 1993 | |
Commander's Cross of the Polonia Restituta | Poland, 1994 | |
Commander of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg | 1995 | |
Title “Professor” | awarded by Austrian Federal President, Thomas Klestil, 1997 | |
Silver Decoration of the Bosnian Coat of Arms | 1998 | |
Order of the White Lion | Czech Republic, presented by President Václav Havel, 1999 | |
Great Cross of the Order of Bernardo O'Higgins | Chile, 1999 | |
Presidential Medal of Freedom | United States of America, 9 August 2000 | |
Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire | 19 February 2004 In recognition of a "lifetime of service to humanity" and for his work at the Simon Wiesenthal Center | |
Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria | 9 June 2005[2] | |
Diploma of Honor of the City of Los Angeles, 1978 |
Diploma of Honor of the State of California |
Honorary Citizen of Dallas, Texas, 1979 |
Honorary Citizen of Louisville, Kentucky, USA, 1979 |
Jerusalem Medal, presented by the Town Council of Jerusalem, 1980 |
Proclamation of the City of New York - Day of Solidarity with Simon Wiesenthal, March 31, 1981 |
Honorary Citizen of Miami Beach, Florida, USA, 1983 |
Honorary Citizen of Memphis, Tennessee, USA, 1984 |
Honorary Citizen of Shelby County, Tennessee, USA, 1984 |
The Assembly, Senate and Governor Mario M.Cuomo of the State of New York declare June 13, 1984 as "Simon Wiesenthal Day" |
Grand Silver Medal of Honor for Merit; Federal State of Vienna, presented by Mayor Helmut Zilk, 1985 |
Jerusalem Medal in 1985 |
Medal of the City of Paris, 1992 |
Ring of Honor of the City of Linz, Austria, 1995 |
Honorary Citizen of the City of Vienna, 1995 |
Diploma of Honor of the Internationale de Résistance, Brussels, 1973 | |
Dutch Medal for Freedom | |
Medal for Freedom of Luxemburg, 1973 | |
Needle of Honor of the Austrian Resistance Movement | |
Diploma of Honor of the League of the United Nations | |
Annual Award of Merit of the Decalogue Society of Lawyers, Chicago, Illinois, 1978 | |
Diploma of Honor of the Organization of Jewish War Veterans in USA | |
Honorary Member of the French Institut de Recherches de Psychotherapie | |
Jean-Moulin-Medaille, Medal of the French Resistance | |
Kaj-Munk-Medal, Denmark | |
Honorary Member of the Dutch Resistance | |
Honorary Member of the Danish Association of Freedom Fighters | |
Henrietta Szold Award, of the World WIZO Organization in the USA, 1979 | |
14th Annual Susie Humanitarian Award of the Eddie Cantor Foundation, Los Angeles, 1980 | |
Justice Louis Brandeis Award of the Zionist Organization in the USA, 1980 | |
Medal of Honor of the Yad Vashem Foundation, Jerusalem | |
Member of the International Council of Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, 1980 | |
David Award, Prize of Swiss Jewry for outstanding achievements, Jerusalem, 1981 | |
Gold Medal of the Union of Jewish Congregations in Austria, 1982 | |
Jabotinsky-Award of Anti-Defamation-League (ADL), 1988 | |
Franklin D.Roosevelt Four Freedoms Award, Middelburg, Netherlands, 1990 | |
Honorary President of the Austrian League for Human Rights, 1991 | |
Otto Hahn Peace Medal in Gold; German Society of the United Nations, Berlin, 1991 | |
National Hero Award, New York, United States, 1991 | |
UNESCO Medal of Honor, presented by UNESCO Director-General, Federico Mayor, Paris, 1992 | |
Erasmus Prize
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Award of LAPID - The Movement to Commemorate the Implications of the Holocaust in Israel, 1993 | |
Award of the Austrian Booksellers Association for Tolerance in Spirit and in Action, 1995 | |
Dedication of the Simon Wiesenthal House of AMCHA (National Israeli Center for Psychosocial Support of Survivors of the Holocaust and the Second Generation), Tel Aviv, 1997 | |
European Prize Pro Humanitate for Peace, Justice, and Tolerance, awarded by the Kultur-Fördergemeinschaft der Europäischen Wirtschaft, 1998 | |
Luxembourg Freedom Medal | |
Decorations from French resistance groups | |
Decorations from Austrian resistance groups | |
Israel Liberata Gold Medal | |
World Tolerance Award
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Lo Tishkach Award, presented by the Conference of European Rabbis, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, 2000 | |
Medal of Honor of the International Association of Prosecutors (IAP), The Hague, Netherlands, presented at the Documentation Center in Vienna, 17 April 2002 | |
Postage stamp issued in his honour by Austria and Israel Post in 2010 World Stamp News |
Wiesenthal was awarded 18 honorary doctorates from universities around the world, including seven faculties of law.