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Alleged Nazi War Criminal Hiding in Hungary

Simon Wiesenthal Center tracked down Ladislaus Csizsik-Csatary

By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 16, 2012 5:33 PM CDT

(Newser) – A Jewish rights group has hunted down a 97-year-old alleged Nazi war criminal living in Budapest, apparently under the eye of Hungarian authorities, CNN reports. Representatives from the Simon Wiesenthal Center knocked on the door of Ladislaus Csizsik-Csatary's 2-bedroom apartment and had the door slammed in their face, according to two Sun journalists who joined in. "He looked shocked and stammered, 'No, no. Go away,'" they reported.

Csizsik-Csatary allegedly ran a ghetto in Hungarian-run Slovakia, where he deported more than 15,000 Jews to Auschwitz in 1944. After the war, he moved to Canada and stayed there until authorities caught up with him in 1997. The Simon Wiesenthal Center eventually found him and alerted Hungarian authorities, who started an investigation. "Hungarian authorities knew that he was back," said a Wiesenthal official. He said the group has "eyewitnesses on three different continents" who can testify to Csizsik-Csatary's cruelty.
Activists and sympathizers stand with their placards bearing protest slogans in front of Csatary's hideaway building, only few kilometers from his home in Budapest on July 16, 2012.
Activists and sympathizers stand with their placards bearing protest slogans in front of Csatary's hideaway building, only few kilometers from his home in Budapest on July 16, 2012.   (Getty Images)
An activist holds a Hungarian placard that reads 'Never again. Should be true!' in front of the door of Csatary's hideaway building, in Budapest on July 16, 2012.
An activist holds a Hungarian placard that reads 'Never again. Should be true!' in front of the door of Csatary's hideaway building, in Budapest on July 16, 2012.   (Getty Images)
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COMMENTS
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bmgnbx
Jul 17, 2012 5:43 AM CDT
If this thread of comments shows anything, it's how succesfully indoctrinated Westerners have been made post-WWII regarding what constitutes unspeakable atrocities and what doesn't.
Disillusioned
Jul 16, 2012 8:27 PM CDT
This POS is 97 years old, in all reality he will die before any type farve of a so called trial could be held and it isn't worth the expense of a plane ticket. The only reason they still search is to keep up publicity for the Jewish Holocaust and no sane person is going to forget that nor are thet going to forget that it wasn't just Jews who died in the camps but millions of others as well, the Jewish community just do a better PR job milking the publicity from the sad situation. Yes the camps were real and the Holocaust happened but more than Jews died in that mess and perhaps the world would be better served remembering that as well.
Rammrodd
Jul 16, 2012 7:02 PM CDT
He "ran a ghetto"? What's that supposed to mean? The slimy, sneaky Simon Weaselthal Center is a putrid sink hole of liars and agitators. It's all about hustling donations, see?

 
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