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WWII war criminal Laszlo Csatary outside the Budapest prosecutor's office, July 18, 2012 (photo credit: MTI, Bea Kallos/AP)
August 12, 2013, 11:37 am
‘Most-wanted’ Nazi war criminal Laszlo Csatary dies
Former police officer’s trial was suspended in July over possible double jeopardy, following 1948 conviction in absentia
By AP and Asher Zeiger
WWII war criminal Laszlo Csatary outside the Budapest prosecutor's office, July 18, 2012 (photo credit: MTI, Bea Kallos/AP)
July 11, 2013, 1:02 am
Csatary war crimes trial suspended over double jeopardy
Czechoslovakian court had convicted former internment camp commander in 1948; prosecution calls prior ruling immaterial
Alleged Hungarian war criminal Laszlo Csatary sits in a car as he leaves the Budapest Prosecutor's Office after he was questioned by detectives on charges of war crimes during WWII, on July 18, 2012. (photo credit: AP Photo/MTI, Bea Kallos)
July 9, 2013, 2:31 pm
Prosecutors appeal suspension of war crimes case
Double jeopardy ruling for Laszlo Csatary is ‘premature’ say lawyers
Railway tracks leading to the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp in Poland. (photo credit: Serge Attal/Flash90)
June 20, 2013, 3:21 pm
Already-condemned Nazi faces new trial in Hungary
Authorities failed to extradite Laszlo Csatary to Slovakia, where he has been sentenced to death
WWII war criminal Laszlo Csatary outside the Budapest prosecutor's office, July 18, 2012 (photo credit: MTI, Bea Kallos/AP)
June 18, 2013, 11:58 am
Hungary indicts Nazi-era war crimes suspect
Ex-police officer Laszlo Csatary, 98, denies charges that he abused and helped deport Jews to death camps
Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff in 2009. (Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)
April 22, 2013, 9:08 pm
Nazi hunter chides Israel over anti-Semitism confab invites
Hungary, Lithuania, Greece and Ireland ‘are part of the problem and not part of the solution’ and should not be allowed in, says Efraim Zuroff
By Raphael Ahren
WWII war criminal Laszlo Csatary outside the Budapest prosecutor's office, July 18, 2012 (photo credit: MTI, Bea Kallos/AP)
From the WebMarch 29, 2013, 1:50 am
Slovak court moves to imprison convicted Shoah war criminal Csatary
Laszlo Csatary, 98, found guilty of aiding Nazi death machine, but remains under house arrest in native Hungary, Reuters reports
March 7, 2013, 3:24 pm
Hungarian politicians chided on anti-Semitism
Simon Wiesenthal Center officials visiting Budapest also call for speedy trial of accused Nazi war criminal
Ladislaus Csatary (screenshot from the Sun)
January 11, 2013, 5:08 am
Witness found in trial of Hungarian war criminal Csatary
The investigation focuses on 97-year-old’s alleged involvement in the deportation of 15,000 Jews to death camps
Thousands of people attend a protest called Mass Demonstration Against Nazism, in front of the Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Dec. 2 (photo credit: AP/MTI, Laszlo Beliczay)
December 2, 2012, 9:42 pm
Hungary holds landmark anti-Nazi protest, after far-right lawmaker called to ‘screen Jews’ as security risks
Budapest rally is ‘the most important demonstration since Hungary became a democracy,’ says Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Israel director
By AP and TOI staff
Efraim Zuroff
November 25, 2012, 11:21 pm
Efraim Zuroff
A bright moment in Budapest
An inspiring rally of 3,000 Hungarians in support of Israel and against the anti-Semitic Jobbik party
Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff in 2009. (Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)
November 1, 2012, 11:28 am
For the last Nazi hunter, the inevitable comes into focus
Nearly a decade ago, Simon Wiesenthal said there were no more Nazis to be prosecuted. Today, his indefatigable successor is still on the hunt — but with Holocaust criminals dying out, how long can Efraim Zuroff continue?
By Joshua Davidovich
Simon Wiesenthal Center's Efraim Zuroff. (JTA via Creative Commons)
August 15, 2012, 5:33 pm
Hungary’s dropping of claims against alleged Nazi arouses suspicions
Potential counter charges against Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff for raising awareness of Hungarian war criminal Laszlo Csatary called ‘madness’ by Jewish community
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Efraim Zuroff, director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center office in Jerusalem. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)
August 14, 2012, 8:36 am
Hungarian lawyer seeks indictment against Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff
Accused of making ‘false statements’ against an alleged war criminal
WWII war criminal Laszlo Csatary outside the Budapest prosecutor's office, July 18, 2012 (photo credit: MTI, Bea Kallos/AP)
August 9, 2012, 10:55 am
Hungarian prosecutor clears alleged war criminal of some accusations
Laszlo Csatary’s complicity in the murder of some 15,000 Jews in 1944 is still being investigated
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