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July 18th, 2012
06:40 AM ET

Nazi war crimes suspect arrested in Hungary

An elderly man suspected of Nazi war crimes has been arrested in Hungary, prosecutors said Wednesday, after a worldwide Jewish rights organization discovered him living in Budapest.

Ladislaus Csizsik-Csatary is accused of sending more than 15,000 Jews to the Auschwitz concentration camp in the spring of 1944, the he Simon Wiesenthal Center said.

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  1. Whome

    Throw him in jail for the rest of his life.

    July 18, 2012 at 7:11 am | Report abuse | Reply
    • BooperGuy

      What? 6 months? What a waste of precious money which is hard to come by these days.

      July 18, 2012 at 7:23 am | Report abuse |
  2. SPD

    There will be the inevitable pleas for mercy on behalf of an old man. But keep in mind, he got old by hiding from justice after killing or helping to kill thousands. These were not acts of war, these were the murders of defenseless civilians, often women and children. I don't care if he is 1,000 years old, he should be made to stand and face these accusations and accept the punishment if found guilty.

    July 18, 2012 at 7:16 am | Report abuse | Reply
    • BooperGuy

      The Israelites did the EXACT same thing to Canaanites and other tribes in Canaan under the ruling of King David. The absolute numbers were not the same, but the proportions were greater, given the population of the world at that time. If you happen to be an atheistic fool, there is plent of archeologic evidence to attest to the slaughter in ancient times.

      July 18, 2012 at 7:25 am | Report abuse |
    • Saywhat?

      Umm, what he did was during "acts of war", but even in war, there are rules...BUT justice isnt justice by serving it to those that commited doing things under orders which most of these guys were under. It is just as wrong as what happened over 60 years ago. The Courts are wrong to allow this to continue esp in the States. Enough is enough. It is time to let it go

      July 18, 2012 at 7:42 am | Report abuse |
  3. Name*ㅐㅁㅅ소.ㅍ

    yes anda 2 months medicated on pills or dt .luke hospital in

    July 18, 2012 at 7:17 am | Report abuse | Reply
  4. wildone

    Hunt them all down and let them rot in jail for whatever time they have left on this earth.

    July 18, 2012 at 7:17 am | Report abuse | Reply
  5. 666

    Still waiting for the headline: Cheney, Rumsfeld, and W (the hand puppet) executed for crimes against humanity.

    July 18, 2012 at 7:21 am | Report abuse | Reply
    • Steve

      Still waiting for the headline: "666 arrested for stupidity"

      July 18, 2012 at 7:47 am | Report abuse |
    • pryan67

      And what crimes were those? Please let us know which specific laws were broken

      July 18, 2012 at 8:10 am | Report abuse |
    • joe d

      steve...are you an israel first pig?

      July 18, 2012 at 8:43 am | Report abuse |
  6. BooperGuy

    The Jews will never learn: "Vengeance is mine!" says the Lord. The Jews, being a stubborn people, have always felt the need to take matters into their own hands, even though the God of Jacob delivered them from the hands of the Pharoah. What good has come that millions of dollars have been spent to nab a 97 year old? What are they going to do, sentence him to "life in prison"? Move and get over it.

    July 18, 2012 at 7:22 am | Report abuse | Reply
    • Justin

      Spot on.

      July 18, 2012 at 7:32 am | Report abuse |
    • Toby Thomas

      BooperGuy, if Jews were so stubborn, they would have been wiped away from the earth a long time ago. As far as taking matters into their own hands, so have Christians and Catholics, and every other religion on this planet. Justice is justice, no matter how long it takes. joe d, you're a sickening bigot. You're justice will come, too.

      July 18, 2012 at 7:34 am | Report abuse |
  7. Ichbin

    I wonder how all the comments have judged him, while he's only a suspect.. I'd love to trial him in public, so we know what exactly happened 70 years ago.

    July 18, 2012 at 7:23 am | Report abuse | Reply
  8. twoinone

    I would like the modern day mass killers to face him and then see who sentences whom, if given the authority. Are they birds of a feather,the outcome will tell.

    July 18, 2012 at 7:32 am | Report abuse | Reply
  9. Just Sayn

    When the Jews got their own country in 1948, they may have hoped that that would legitimize them somehow, that they would no longer be a wandering tribe of swindlers and liars. In other words, having an official state would somehow make them “normal.” But of course the Jews are the same oily people that they were before they got Israel, only now they have nuclear weapons and the protection of America.

    July 18, 2012 at 7:32 am | Report abuse | Reply
    • pryan67

      WOW....hate much?

      July 18, 2012 at 8:11 am | Report abuse |
  10. tabon

    you dumb pieces of $ h i t , how would you feel to be drafted during a war and ordered to guard bunch of Jews and then be prosecuted for something you had no control over? Back then you did not have a choice – either follow the orders or face the firing squad. To hell with all of you Jews, you are the cause of all the terrorism and killings in the world . Perhaps we should prosecute the Jews for it! Or maybe Hitler had a premonition and this was the reason behind the holocaust....

    July 18, 2012 at 7:33 am | Report abuse | Reply
  11. MSL58

    Joe: I'm impressed that you can both type AND burn a cross at the same time!

    July 18, 2012 at 7:34 am | Report abuse | Reply
  12. Really?

    Boo, you really are a hateful sort, aren't you?

    July 18, 2012 at 7:35 am | Report abuse | Reply
  13. Bryan

    Give it a rest people, 97 really and your still foaming at the mouth with these guys. I would challenge anyone in those days if you were told to do something, or be killed you would do it to save yourself. Anyone who says they would rather die than shoot another person. I hate to break this to the people who have never served in the military, but you don't get the option to morally justify the orders of your superiors – and back then it was either you or them, and personally if that's the choice I'm given, I'm going to continue living and just deal with my choices. The only good thing about these guys is that there almost all gone – happy days when I don't have to hear about nazi hunters again.

    July 18, 2012 at 7:41 am | Report abuse | Reply
  14. dan

    christians and catholics? Aren't catholics christians? I dont get that comment.

    July 18, 2012 at 7:42 am | Report abuse | Reply
    • Hinterarsch

      I say definately not! It is the worlds biggest Pedophile organization.

      July 18, 2012 at 8:09 am | Report abuse |
  15. nystar

    I think that a lot of people had a hand in the whole jewish people prosecution. Having said that and now to spend millions of dollars and untold amounts of time and to find an old man and try to make him a culprit is furthermore useless and time consuming.I think the JDF would be better off to promote peace and forgiveness and concentrate on educating and enlightening people on the horrors of racism and government sanctioned terrorism.

    July 18, 2012 at 7:47 am | Report abuse | Reply
    • Broadcasting

      nystar, Thank you! I was thinking maybe jews would feel better if they dig up some Nazis and drag their feet through the bones.

      July 18, 2012 at 7:52 am | Report abuse |
    • nowukno

      ASK THE JDF what role they played in slavery...what role other jews played in the holacaust...why didnt they condem prescott bush for trading with the nazis...and what was the real reason for operation Moses and Operation Solomon..hmmmmm!

      July 18, 2012 at 8:04 am | Report abuse |
    • JCube

      You would feel different if people like him killed your family members systematically, and had the pleasure of living a long life. A crime of murder has no statute of limitation.

      July 18, 2012 at 8:11 am | Report abuse |
    • Hinterarsch

      It was the Catholics in Rome who helped Hitler and his Nazi empire. Most of the Nazi guys escaped with the help of the pope and teh carinals. Not very Christian???? Taking money from all thepoor in the world????? staking up all teh gold and treasures in Rome???? Pedophilia amss????? The Catholics are brainwashed.

      July 18, 2012 at 8:13 am | Report abuse |
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