A Supporter in Vienna: Simon Wiesenthal and the War in Bosnia

IF 0.5 Q3 AREA STUDIES Comparative Southeast European Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI:10.1515/soeu-2022-0057
H. Karčić
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Abstract The author gives an inventory of Simon Wiesenthal’s advocacy for Bosnia during the 1992–1995 war. Though Wiesenthal played an active role in speaking up for Bosnia, his activism has been largely neglected in the existing literature. Based on primary sources at the Simon Wiesenthal Archive in Vienna, this article pieces together the story of how the famed Nazi hunter supported Bosnia-Herzegovina. Wiesenthal acted by speaking up about the atrocities in Bosnia, writing letters to influential decision-makers, and keeping Bosnia on the agenda. He supported a greater and more assertive American involvement to end the war and was a strong advocate of a UN war crimes tribunal, which materialized as the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). By lending his voice and moral stature, Wiesenthal helped shape public opinion in favour of a more assertive international reaction to the war.
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维也纳的支持者:西蒙·维森塔尔与波斯尼亚战争
作者列举了西蒙·维森塔尔在1992-1995年战争期间对波斯尼亚的支持。尽管维森塔尔在为波斯尼亚发声方面发挥了积极作用,但他的行动主义在现有文献中基本上被忽视了。根据维也纳西蒙·维森塔尔档案的第一手资料,本文将这位著名的纳粹猎人如何支持波斯尼亚-黑塞哥维那的故事拼凑在一起。维森塔尔的做法是公开谈论波斯尼亚的暴行,给有影响力的决策者写信,并将波斯尼亚问题列入议程。他支持美国更大力度、更果断地介入结束战争,并强烈主张成立联合国战争罪法庭,后来成为前南斯拉夫问题国际刑事法庭(ICTY)。通过他的声音和道德地位,维森塔尔帮助塑造了公众舆论,支持对战争作出更坚定的国际反应。
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