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Accused Nazi criminal loses extradition fight

October 8, 2009 10:25
Charles Zentai

ByJessica Elgot, Jessica Elgot

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An alleged Nazi criminal has lost his appeal against extradition to Hungary from Australia to face trial for the murder of a Jewish man when he served as a soldier.

Charles Zentai, 88, served as a soldier in the Nazi-allied Royal Hungarian Army during the war and is accused of beating teenager Peter Balzas to death in 1944.

Mr Balazs was allegedly beaten to death because he was not wearing the yellow star which marked him out as Jewish.

He lost his fight against extradition back to Hungary from his home in Perth, Australia last year but has mounted various appeals against the case, which was brought by the Jewish human rights organisation, the Simon Wiesenthal Centre.