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 the Simon Wiesenthal Center, 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.