The Simon Wiesenthal Center welcomed the issue today by the
Hungarian authorities of an international arrest warrant
for Charles Zentai, who was identified in the framework
of the Center’s “Operation: Last Chance” project as an
escaped Nazi war criminal who actively participated in
the persecution and murder of Hungarian Jews during the
Holocaust.
In a statement issued in Jerusalem by its chief Nazi-hunter, Israel director
Dr. Efraim Zuroff, the Center expressed its satisfaction
with the latest development in the case, which it had initiated
following receipt in the framework of “Operation: Last Chance”
of evidence regarding Zentai’s involvement in Holocaust crimes.
“Hungary has taken the requisite first
step today toward bringing this suspected murderer to justice
and we are hopeful that he will finally be held accountable
for his crimes, preferably in Hungary where they were committed.
We congratulate the Hungarian judicial authorities and military
prosecutor for their prompt action to date, and urge them
to take whatever steps are necessary to expedite the process
of extradition and prosecution. The fact that Zentai has
hereto eluded justice for so many years, in no way diminishes
his culpability and should not be a factor in this case,”
said Zuroff.
For more information call 00-972-50-7214156
/ www.operationlastchance.org
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