Author Tom Segev: 'Simon Wiesenthal: The Life and Legends' November 11, 2010

Delve into this award-winning Israeli author's brilliant character study of Simon Wiesenthal, a Nazi hunter who was driven by his own memories to ensure that the destruction of European Jewry would never be forgotten.

Segev obtained access to hundreds of thousands of private papers and revealed the intriguing secrets of Wiesenthal's life, including his stunning role in the capture of Adolf Eichmann, his controversial investigative techniques, his unlikely friendships with Kurt Waldheim and Albert Speer and the nature of his rivalry with Elie Wiesel.

Co-sponsored by the Israel Center of the Jewish Community Federation, the Taube Center for Jewish Studies at Stanford, the Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest Region and Congregation Beth Jacob.

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