Nazi-hunter’s granddaughter marks 75 years since Mauthausen’s liberation

Fewer than half of its inmates survived World War II. One was Kreisberg’s grandfather, Simon Wiesenthal — an architect by profession who would become the world’s most celebrated Nazi hunter.

Concentration camp survivor Ed Mosberg and a delegation from the U.S. attend the commemoration at the former concentration camp KZ Mauthausen, liberated by U.S. troops on May 5, 1945 at the memorial site in Mauthausen, Austria, May 5, 2019.

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ByLARRY LUXNER/JTA

MARCH 3, 2020 14:51

Nazi-hunter’s granddaughter marks 75 years since Mauthausen’s liberation

Fewer than half of its inmates survived World War II. One was Kreisberg’s grandfather, Simon Wiesenthal — an architect by profession who would become the world’s most celebrated Nazi hunter.

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Nazi-hunter’s granddaughter marks 75 years since Mauthausen’s liberation

Fewer than half of its inmates survived World War II. One was Kreisberg’s grandfather, Simon Wiesenthal — an architect by profession who would become the world’s most celebrated Nazi hunter.

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