Whereas the evidence supplied by Wiesenthal was utilized in the United States Zone war crime trials. Whereas. after concluding his work with the United States Army in 1947. Simon Wiesenthal and others opened and operated the Jewish Historical Documentation Center in Linz. Austria. for the purpose of assembling evidence for future Nazi trials. before closing the office and providing its files to the Yad Vashem Archives in Israel in 1954. Whereas despite his heavy involvement in relief work and occupational education for Soviet refugees. Simon Wiesenthal tenaciously continued his pursuit of Adolf Elchmann. who had served as the head of the Gestapos Jewish Department and supervised the implementation of the "Final Solution". Whereas in 1953.
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