Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff says reliable source told him Eichmann's right-hand man died four years ago, is buried in Damascus.

The man that last year topped the list of the most wanted Nazis and whom Adolf Eichmann called his "best man" is presumed dead and buried in Syria.

Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff on Sunday said he received information from a reliable source who told him Alois Brunner died four years ago and is buried in Damascus.

Brunner, the Nazi responsible for sending more than 128,000 Jews to their deaths during World War II, fled to Syria in the 1950s, and served as an adviser on torture tactics to former Syrian President Hafez Assad, according to reports.

"We have received information from a former German secret service agent who had served in the Middle East who said that Brunner was dead and buried in Damascus," Zuroff was quoted as saying. "Given his age it would not be surprising and the information came from someone who we consider reliable."

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