The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/efraim-zuroff/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Thu, 11 Jun 2026 05:48:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Efraim Zuroff | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/efraim-zuroff/ 32 32 Argentine president opening files on Nazi ‘ratlines’ that trafficked Eichmann, Mengele https://www.timesofisrael.com/argentine-president-opening-files-on-nazi-ratlines-that-trafficked-eichmann-mengele/ Sun, 23 Feb 2025 23:50:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3487385 Up to 10,000 Nazi war criminals fled Europe using these escape routes. Javier Milei pledges to declassify files related to how his country settled 5,000 of them

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]]> South Africa’s shift on Israel: From Mandela-era acceptance to ‘genocide’ allegations https://www.timesofisrael.com/south-africas-shift-on-israel-from-mandela-era-acceptance-to-genocide-allegations/ Tue, 21 Nov 2023 22:38:28 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3158825 Unprecedented anti-Israel statements by the African nation's head appear to be part of a broader geopolitical shift, but the country's Jews report feeling safe and comfortable

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]]> 123 Holocaust experts: Gov’t attack on Yad Vashem chief threatens memory of 6 million https://www.timesofisrael.com/123-holocaust-scholars-attack-on-yad-vashem-chief-threatens-memory-of-6-million/ Sun, 03 Sep 2023 07:03:55 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3086670&preview=true&preview_id=3086670 Educators from around the world voice 'great concern' over coalition's ostensible effort to dismiss Dani Dayan and replace him with a political appointment

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]]> In Tel Aviv, Lithuanian PM extols Israel alliance but sidesteps Nazi collaboration https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-tel-aviv-lithuanian-pm-extolls-israel-alliance-but-sidesteps-nazi-collaboration/ Mon, 12 Jun 2023 03:37:05 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3031969 Holocaust expert calls Ingrida Šimonytė's speech at AJC confab 'pathetic' for ignoring country's role murdering Jews; Vilnius urges Israel to help Ukraine fend off Iranian drones

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]]> Romania’s ‘homegrown’ Holocaust: 80 years since forgotten Bogdanovka massacre https://www.timesofisrael.com/romanias-homegrown-holocaust-80-years-since-forgotten-bogdanovka-massacre/ Sat, 01 Jan 2022 10:35:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2672032 In the final days of 1941, Romanian authorities massacred 40,000 Jews in a chapter of the genocide in which 420,000 Jews were killed in 'broad daylight' with collaborators' help

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]]> 80 years after Babi Yar, lawyer seeks trial for last living alleged perpetrator https://www.timesofisrael.com/80-years-after-babi-yar-lawyer-seeks-trial-for-last-living-alleged-perpetrator/ Fri, 01 Oct 2021 09:22:06 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2624715 Case against Herbert Waller, 99, was previously dropped because he was at Ukrainian killing site as medic; lawyer isn’t buying it: 'Why do you need paramedics in a massacre?'

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]]> 100-year-old former Nazi guard charged on 3,518 counts of accessory to murder https://www.timesofisrael.com/100-year-old-former-nazi-guard-charged-on-3518-counts-of-accessory-to-murder/ Tue, 09 Feb 2021 20:32:19 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2485164 Germany alleges he worked at Sachsenhausen camp in 1942-1945 as enlisted member of Nazi Party's paramilitary wing; despite advanced age, deemed fit to stand trial

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]]> Jews share blame for Holocaust, Lithuanian lawmaker says on remembrance day https://www.timesofisrael.com/jews-share-blame-for-holocaust-lithuanian-lawmaker-says-on-remembrance-day/ Thu, 28 Jan 2021 15:50:21 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2478146 US ambassador issues rare rebuke of Valdas Rakutis, who chairs parliament's commission on historical memory

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]]> WATCH: Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff on pursuing Holocaust justice in Lithuania https://www.timesofisrael.com/watch-nazi-hunter-efraim-zuroff-on-pursuing-holocaust-justice-in-lithuania/ Fri, 21 Aug 2020 13:46:19 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2372993 In an online ToI interview, Zuroff talks about joining an acclaimed Lithuanian author to unearth and share a part of history many locals would prefer remain buried

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]]> Move over Pacino: Join Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff to hear true tales of justice https://www.timesofisrael.com/move-over-pacino-join-nazi-hunter-efraim-zuroff-to-hear-true-tales-of-justice/ Tue, 18 Aug 2020 13:32:02 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2370532 Access Wednesday’s Behind the Headlines webinar by becoming a ToI Community member today

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]]> Nazi hunter teams up with Lithuanian journalist to investigate Holocaust crimes https://www.timesofisrael.com/nazi-hunter-teams-up-with-lithuanian-journalist-to-investigate-holocaust-crimes/ Sat, 08 Aug 2020 07:15:19 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2352546 Efraim Zuroff and Ruta Vanagaite chronicle a partnership and budding friendship as they seek to convince her countrymen to face a genocide perpetrated in part by their forebears

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]]> Ex-Nazi guard, 93, found guilty of complicity in 5,230 concentration camp deaths https://www.timesofisrael.com/former-nazi-guard-found-guilty-of-complicity-in-5230-concentration-camp-deaths/ Thu, 23 Jul 2020 09:55:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2353068 Bruno Dey given 2-year suspended sentence for his actions at Stutthof camp over 75 years ago; Israeli ambassador says punishment insufficient

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]]> Amazon show’s fictional Nazi atrocities could fuel Holocaust denial, critics say https://www.timesofisrael.com/amazon-shows-fictional-nazi-atrocities-could-fuel-holocaust-denial-critics-say/ Mon, 24 Feb 2020 13:56:12 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2246406 'Hunters' starring Al Pacino particularly slammed for scene in which Auschwitz inmates forced to kill each other in chess game; creator says show never purported to be documentary

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]]> The real stories behind ‘Hunters,’ Al Pacino’s new Nazi-hunting Amazon series https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-real-story-behind-hunters-al-pacinos-new-nazi-hunting-amazon-series/ Fri, 21 Feb 2020 19:06:56 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2245006 The show boasts an aesthetic that’s more comic book than history book, but its stories and plotlines are based on many true events

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]]> Minnesota man exposed as commander of Nazi-led unit dies https://www.timesofisrael.com/minnesota-man-exposed-as-commander-of-nazi-led-unit-dies/ Tue, 21 Jan 2020 22:10:00 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2225263 Michael Karkoc commanded a company in the SS-led Ukrainian Self Defense Legion that murdered dozens of Polish women and children in 1944, then lied to US authorities about it

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