Efraim Zuroff Quotes

Israel, Historian
August 5, 1948

Efraim Zuroff is an American-born Israeli historian and Nazi hunter who has played a key role in bringing indicted Nazi and fascist war criminals to trial. Zuroff, the director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center office in Jerusalem, is the coordinator of Nazi war crimes research worldwide for the Wiesenthal Center and the author of its annual "Status Report" on the worldwide investigation and prosecution of Nazi war criminals which includes a list of "most wanted" Nazi war criminals.

Up to a quarter of the Latvian legion were volunteers.

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- Volunteers
- Legion
- Quater
As far as we know he is in Spain. There is speculation he might have left.

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- Left
- Speculation
- Spain

The only hope we have here is that his Austrian citizenship gets cancelled.

Efraim Zuroff
The historical evidence clearly shows that Lajos Polgar was a leading member of a fascist movement which sought the elimination of Hungarian Jewry.

Efraim Zuroff
His passing will hopefully remind people there are Nazi war criminals who can and should be prosecuted.

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- War
- Criminals
- Remind
The law in this country does more to protect Nazis than to bring them to justice.

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- Law
- Justice
- Protect
Totally ignored by the Israeli establishment for decades.

Efraim Zuroff
As far as the Jews were concerned, Hitler's only 'prayer' was that they be wiped off the face of the earth.

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- Prayer
- Concerned
- Jews

The problem is that so far in the Arab world, very few leaders are willing to tell their own people that they have to understand that the Holocaust did take place.

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There's some speculation that he might have escaped to other countries.

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Wiesenthal's personal mission has ended, and there are others who are carrying on with the work.

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- Work
- Mission
People who make films don't think they have any obligation to help bring (perpetrators) to justice. They are only interested in art, not in justice.

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- People
- Art
- Justice
Is he legally blind? He's the last person on earth who deserves any sympathy because people like him had no sympathy for the people they were guarding.

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- Blind
- Sympathy
- Deserves