Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal was inducted into the French Legion of Honor here Wednesday. The presentation was made by the French Ambassador to Austria, Francois Regis Bastide, at a ceremony attended by the Israeli Ambassador Michael Elizur, Deputy Mayor of Vienna Erhard Busek and Ivan Hacker, president of the Jewish community.
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