The most wanted Nazi criminal in the world, Ladislaus Csizsik-Csatary, who was located in Budapest on Sunday, was captured thanks to information obtained by the Wiesenthal Center, head of the Israel office Efraim Zuroff said on Sunday.
Ninety-seven-year-old Laszlo is accused of complicity in the deaths of 15,700 Jews during World War II.
The most wanted Nazi criminal in the world, Ladislaus Csizsik-Csatary, who was located in Budapest on Sunday, was captured thanks to information obtained by the Wiesenthal Center, head of the Israel office Efraim Zuroff said on Sunday.
According to Zuroff, the affair is a proof of inadequacy of the Hungarian authorities, which knew for 14 years that he is living in peace and quiet. It is shocking especially these days, when anti-Semitism is overflowing in Hungary."
Holocaust survivors expressed mixed feelings upon hearing the news of Csatary's capture.
Pension Gesner, 88, said "we were in Košice until we were transferred to Auschwitz in April 1944. I don't remember Csatary clearly, but I've heard his name.
"It's too late cause he has already lived his life. As it is you don't have much of a life at that age."
Holocause survivor Marianna Boaz was not consoled by the news either: "It's a disgrace for humanity that he has only been captured now and what happened with Demjanjuk can happen again," she said.
"It might be better than never, but the world is still silent because he got to live his life, unlike others, whose deaths are his fault," Boaz noted.
Eva Franick seemed more content, saying that the news made her feel good. "It's nice to know that there are people out there who still care about serving justice to those people, because we no longer have the strength.
"Even if he is 97, having his life end like this is also a punishment," she said.
The British newspaper said Sunday on its online site that the Hungarian Nazi war criminal "was identified and found" in the Hungarian capital.
Zuroff noted that the information had been forwarded to the Budapest prosecutor's office in September 2011.
Deputy Prosecutor Jeno Varga has not been able to confirm the information, merely declaring that "an investigation is underway. The prosecution will examine the information received."
End of article.
My great-grandparents lived in Kosice and it is quite likely that this Nazi was partly responsible for their deportation, torture and death.
So on this day I praise Hashem and say כן יאבדו כל אויביך השם - So all of the enemies of Hashem and the Jewish people should be discovered and dealt with appropriately.