Simon Wiesenthal passed away this morning. He was 96 and he outlived most the Nazis. Good for him!

After surviving five concentration camps and losing 89 of his relatives to the holocaust, Wiesenthal set out to bring Nazi war criminals to justice. It was through his dedication and help that Adolf Eichmann and the police officeer who arrested Anne Frank were captured and punished.

According to the Associated Press,

Wiesenthal spent more than 50 years hunting Nazi war criminals, speaking out against neo-Nazism and racism, and remembering the Jewish experience as a lesson for humanity. Through his work, he said, some 1,100 Nazi war criminals were brought to justice.
"When history looks back I want people to know the Nazis weren't able to kill millions of people and get away with it," he once said.

If I should ever have the opportunity to visit his grave and pay my respects, I'll be sure to put a stone on his marker.