The success of their early efforts led other faith groups like American Values Network, Catholics United, and Interfaith Power and Light to mobilize their networks, which led to a number of national faith leaders travelling to Massachusetts to hold a rally drawing attention to this issue.
"Such a glorious cause had never before rallied the attention of mankind," he said.
Her tweets and appearances at anti-Putin rallies get attention, mostly because of the unusually close historical ties between her family and the prime minister but also because she is famous for being famous.
But Mr. Wiesenthal and Mr. Friedman, working together in the immediate post-war years and separately later on, pursued clues, amassed evidence and rallied public attention as the interest and ability of governments in chasing war criminals waxed and waned.
The Rev. Delman L. Coates, pastor of the Mount Ennon Baptist Church in Clinton, Md., and the protest organizer, said on Thursday that the rallies brought attention and were one weapon in their battle.
Last year, he participated in the Hoodies on the Hill rally to draw attention to the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.
He said the conference could not be ignored but admitted that the pre-emptive rally called more attention to it.
On Saturday, thousands of members of London's Kurdish diaspora held another rally to draw attention to the battle for Kobane.
Other students rallied to call attention to the alleged sexual abuse victims of Jerry Sandusky, a former defensive coordinator for the team.
