Jerusalem-The Simon Wiesenthal Center’s chief Nazi-hunter,
Israel director Dr. Efraim Zuroff, today dismissed as “pure
fantasy” the claims by former Israeli colonel Danny Baz that
he had participated in the early eighties in the execution in the
United States of notorious Nazi war criminal Dr. Aribert Heim (“Dr.Death”),
who is wanted for the murder of hundreds of inmates of the infamous
Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria. Baz makes his claims in
a book scheduled for publication in France this week under the title
Ni oubli, ni pardon; la traque du dernier Nazi [Not Forgotten or
Forgiven; On the trail of the last Nazi].
“There is ample evidence that clears shows that Dr. Heim
was alive long after he was supposedly executed by the Owl commando
group whose story Baz recounts in his autobiographical memoir.
In fact, there is every indication that he is still alive today,
and for that reason, the search for his whereabouts continues.
At the moment, there is a prize of 310,000 euros being offered
for information which will lead to his arrest and prosecution by
the German government (130,000 euros), the Simon Wiesenthal Center
(130,000 euros), and the Austrian government (50,000 euros). While
Baz’s book is clearly worthless from a historical perspective,
perhaps his claims will ironically assist in the case by refocusing
public attention on the Wiesenthal Center’s number two most
wanted Nazi war criminal and the prize being offered for information
which will facilitate his capture and prosecution,” said
Zuroff.
For more information call 00-972-50-7214156
www.operationlastchance.org www.wiesenthal.com
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