# List of awards and honours received by Simon Wiesenthal

Simon Wiesenthal, KBE (December 31, 1908 – September 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.

## State awards

| 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 |
| Congressional Gold Medal | 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 |

## Local government honors

* 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

## Organisations

* 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; for an important contribution to European culture and society, presented by Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, 1992
* 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; presented by Michael Gorbatschov on “Men’s World Day” in Vienna, 3 November 2000
* 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

## Academic institutions

Wiesenthal was awarded 18 honorary doctorates from universities around the world, including seven faculties of law.
* Honorary member of the University of Applied Arts Vienna, 1989
* Honorary Member of the Academy of Science, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1994
* Human Rights Award of the Karl Franzens University, Graz, Austria, 1994
* Honorary Doctorate from the Jagiellonian University, Kraków, 1994
* Honorary doctorate from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba, Israel