HE LIVED IN MONTREAL

Nazi war crimes suspect Laszlo Csizsik-Csatary found in Hungary.

The 97-year-old has been residing in Budapest, where the government has been investigating the claims that he helped deport Jews to the concentration camps during World War II.

By Erik Ortiz / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 12:33 AM

Former police chief Laszlo Csatary is suspected of Holocaust-era war crimes.

A wanted Holocaust-era war criminal, accused of having a hand in the deportation of 15,700 Jews to a Nazi concentration camp, has been found living in Hungary for the past 15 years after fleeing Canada.

Laszlo Csizsik-Csatary, 97, has been residing in a two-bedroom apartment in Budapest, according to Britain's The Sun newspaper, which found him through a tip from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish human rights group in Jerusalem.

Answering the door in a long-sleeve shirt and underwear, Csatary told the newspaper, "I don't want to discuss it," when asked about Canada revoking his citizenship in 1997.

He was also questioned about his role in World War II helping to organize the Nazi's deportation of Jews to death camps, according to The Sun's report Sunday.

"No I didn't do it, go away from here," Csatary said in English before slamming the door.

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WAR CRIMINALS: THE NAZI HUNTER FOUND THEM IN CANADA

They committed acts of immense brutality and terror in their own countries. And then, seeking safe haven, they came to Canada. Not knowing their secret, we welcomed them with open arms. Decades later, shocking accusations would shatter the quiet obscurity in which they lived. CBC Archives examines Canada's limited success bringing war criminals to justice.

Steve Rombom looked up the names of suspected Nazis in the telephone book, knocked on their doors and drew out their confessions easily. Now confused old men, they spoke of the inhumanity of the Second World War and more specifically of their privileged roles in fulfilling Hitler's Final Solution. Rambam, an American private detective, is astounded by his findings. War criminals, it seems, are not hiding in Canada; they live freely among us, as shown in this CBC Television documentary.

Rombom compiled his list of suspects from information provided to him by the Simon Wiesenthal Centre. The Simon Wiesenthal Centre is an international Jewish human rights organization which seeks to encourage tolerance and understanding and commemorate the memory of the Holocaust.

In total, Rombom said he amassed 58 confessions from Nazi collaborators living in Canada, seven of whom admitted to murdering Jews during the Second World War. Rombom estimated that approximately 5,000 war criminals were hiding out in Canada but more conservative officials and scholars scoffed at the high number, saying that it was more likely in the mid to high hundreds.

At the time this report aired, the Office of Special Investigations of the U.S. Justice Department had denaturalized 57 alleged war criminals. Canada had deported just one suspected war criminal, Helmut Rauca.

Shortly after this report aired, immigration officials moved to deport Antanas Kenstavicius, an alleged war criminal featured in this report. He died on the first day of his hearing on Jan. 22, 1997. While Rombom took credit for drawing out Kenstavicius' confession, tapes later revealed that the RCMP had long been investigating him and knew of his allegedly dark past.

Rombom later criticized the RCMP for failing to act on the information he provided them. The RCMP, who had long denied Rombom's proof was at all revelatory, said it continued to investigate suspected war criminals.

"This country gave so many young men and women to stop Nazism, we sacrificed so many human lives, and then we tolerated the same Nazis in our midst. It's illogical, it's a paradox." - Irving Abella, Globe and Mail, Jan. 31, 1997.

Medium: Television
Program: The National Magazine
Broadcast Date: Dec. 19, 1996
Guest(s): Irving Abella, Bernie Farber, Steve Rombom, Joe Schacter
Host: Brian Stewart
Reporter: Terence McKenna