2003-04-19

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BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Nazi hunter Wiesenthal to retire

Renowned Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal says he is to retire after spending most of his life tracking down perpetrators of the Holocaust. Mr Wiesenthal, himself imprisoned in several Nazi concentration camps during World War II, is credited for bringing several high-profile members of the Nazi leadership to justice. But in an interview with an Austrian magazine Mr Wiesenthal, who is now 94, said he felt that his work was complete. "My job is done," he told Format magazine. "I found the mass murderers I was looking for. I survived all of them. "Those whom I didn't look for are too old and sick today to be pursued legally."