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Honors
Honors
Diploma of Honor of the Internationale of the Resistance, Brussels
Dutch Medal of Freedom
Medal for Freedom of Luxembourg
Needle of Honor of the Austrian Resistance Movement
Diploma of Honor of the League of the United Nations
Doctor honoris causa of Hebrew Union College, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1974
Doctor honoris causa of Hebrew Theological College, Skokie, Illinois, 1976
Creation of Ƶ, Los Angeles, California, 1977
Annual Award of Merit of the Decalogue Society of Lawyers, Chicago, Illinois, 1978
Diploma of Honor of the City of Los Angeles, California
Diploma of Honor of the State of California
Diploma of Honor of the Organization of the Jewish War Veterans, U.S.A.
Honorary Member of the French Institute 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
Decoration of Honor for the meritorious Action of liberating Austria
Commander of Oranje- Nassau, given by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, 1978
Commendatore de la Republica Italiana, given by Italian President, Mr. Pertini, 1979
Honorary Citizen of Dallas, Texas, 1979
Henrietta Szold Award of the Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc.
Honorary Citizen of Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.
Justice Louis Brandeis Award of the Zionist Organization, U.S.A., 1980
United States Congressional Gold Medal, presented by President Carter in the White House, Washington D.C., 1980
Jerusalem Medal, presented by the Town Council of Jerusalem, Israel
Medal of Honor of the Yad Vashem Foundation, Jerusalem, Israel
Proclamation of the City of New York - Solidarity Day with Simon Wiesenthal, March 31, 1981
Doctor honoris causa, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A., 1981
Commandeur de l'Ordre Pour le Merite, Luxembourg
David Award, Swiss Jewry Prize for outstanding achievements
Doctor honoris causa, Colby College, Waterville, Maine, U.S.A., 1982
Doctor honoris causa, John Jay College, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Member of the International Council of Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel
Honorary Citizen of Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A., 1983
Gold Medal of the Union of Jewish Congregations in Austria
Honorary Citizen of Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A., 1984
Honorary Citizen of Shelby County, Tennessee, U.S.A.
The Assembly, Senate, and Governor Mario M. Cuomo of the State of New York declared June 13, 1984 as "Simon Wiesenthal Day"
Great Medal of Merit from the President of the German Federal Republic, 1985
Grand Silver Honorary Medal for merits from the County of Vienna, presented by the Mayor, Dr. Helmut Zilk, 1985
Knight of the Honorary Legion of France, presented by the President of France, 1986
Honorary member of the Vienna University of Applied Arts, 1989
The Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Award, Middleburg, Netherlands, 1990
Honorary honoris causa, University of Vienna, 1990
Honorary President of the Austrian League for Human Rights, 1991
Doctor honoris causa, Ohio Weseleyan University, Delaware, U.S.A., 1991
Otto-Hahn-Peace-Medal, German Society of the United Nations, Berlin, 1991
Erasmus Prize, Amsterdam, 1992
Award of LAPID - The Movement to Commemorate the Implications of the Holocaust in Israel, 1993
Austrian Cross of honor of the Sciences and Arts, Vienna, 1993
Honorary member of the Academy of Science, Laibach, Slowenia, 1994
Human Rights Award of the Karl-Franzens- University, Graz, Austria, 1994
Commander's Cross of the Order "Polonia Restituta", Warsaw, Poland, 1994
Ring of Honor of the City of Linz, Austria, 1995
Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit, Luxembourg, 1995.
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