An Australian court has refused to extradite an alleged Nazi war criminal to his native Hungary. As an officer in the Nazi-allied Hungarian army during the Second World War, Charles Zentai is accused of beating a 14-year-old Jew to death for not wearing a yellow star. Tovább »

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“I felt I was in the presence of someone special,” Auschwitz survivor Susan Beer said of her encounter in 1944 with Hannah Senesh in a Budapest prison when Beer spoke at the 18th annual Spring Tovább »

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This brochure highlights the breadth of the Jewish Agency’s identity-building activities in Hungary. Learn more about our work in the region. Read More » Tovább »

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A Hungarian women who purchased a cucumber decided not to cut it after she arrived at the conclusion that it resembled her husband’s penis . Iren Harsca, 35, stated that after bringing it home, upon further examination, she realized what is was and could not desecrate the phallic symbol. Tovább »

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(WJC)–An Australian citizen, Charles Zentai, has won an appeal against extradition to Hungary on war crimes charges. He is accused of killing a young Jewish man during World War II while serving in the Hungarian army, then allied to Nazi Germany – a charge he denies. Tovább »

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Photo: Film Reporter No, Hans Moser (1880 – 1964) was not a Jew, but his wife, Blanca (Bianca) Hirschler was Jewish. At the time of the Third Reich refused Moser for divorce from his wife, but in 1939 they had to emigrate to Hungary. Tovább »

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Charles Zentai served in the Nazi-allied Hungarian army The world’s most prominent Nazi hunter has condemned an Australian court for refusing to extradite a man accused of murdering a Jewish youth during the Holocaust. Tovább »

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An Australian citizen, Charles Zentai, has won an appeal against extradition to Hungary on war crimes charges. He is accused of killing a young Jewish man during World War II while serving in the Hungarian army, then allied to Nazi Germany – a charge he denies. Tovább »

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SYDNEY, Australia (JTA) – An alleged Nazi war criminal living in Australia has escaped extradition to his native Hungary. Perth-based pensioner Charles Zentai won a Federal Court ruling Friday, Tovább »

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 man wanted in Hungary for the torture and killing of a Jewish teenager during World War II averted extradition Friday after an Australian federal court ruled in his favor, the an Australian news agency reported. Hungary issued a warrant for Perth resident Charles Zentai, 88, in 2005. Tovább »

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Perth, Australia – An alleged Nazi collaborator wanted in Hungary in the torture and killing of a Jewish teenager in 1944 won an appeal Friday against extradition from his adopted country of Australia. Tovább »

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SYDNEY (AFP)—An alleged Nazi war criminal accused of murdering a Jewish teenager 65 years ago won a five-year legal battle against his extradition from Australia to Hungary on Friday. Read More » Tovább »

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(CNN) — A man wanted in Hungary for the torture and killing of a Jewish teenager during World War II averted extradition Friday after an Australian federal court ruled in his favor, the an Australian news agency reported. Hungary issued a warrant for Perth resident Charles Zentai, 88, in 2005. Tovább »

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Hello, and Secretary of Eitan Ampa his Malibu Star Trek. Internet probing raised the direct inspiration: the symbol of Starfleet Command. We talked about him here and trendy designs with a smile – marketing (Amazon, Discount, Danone): here it is again, this time Perry T. Tovább »

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Australia overturns extradition of Charles Zentai, 88, wanted by Hungarian court for alleged torture, murder of Jewish teen in 1944 on grounds that he has yet to be charged with crimes ascribed him Tovább »

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Maternal great-grand-parents of Barbara Hoff Delvac in Torna, Hungary, circa 1912. Photo courtesy of Barbara Hoff Delvac “How absolutely terrifying.” “That’s wild.” “I have found what I was looking for. Tovább »

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Robert Christopher Metsos, 55, was arrested in Larnaca after an Interpol “red notice” was served on him. He was traveling on a Canadian passport and was about to board a flight to Budapest, Hungary. Tovább »

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Washington (CNN) — Police in Cyprus arrested Tuesday an 11th suspect in an alleged Russian spy ring in the United States. Robert Christopher Metsos, 55, was arrested in Larnaca after an Interpol “red notice” was served on him, Cypriot police told CNN. Tovább »

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Washington (CNN) — Police in Cyprus arrested Tuesday an 11th suspect in an alleged Russian spy ring in the United States. Robert Christopher Metsos, 55, was arrested in Lanarca after an Interpol “red notice” was served on him, Cypriot police told CNN. Tovább »

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Fatelessness, Imre Kertesz , Vintage, December 18, 2007 At the age of 14 Georg Koves is plucked from his home in a Jewish section of  Budapest and without any particular malice, placed on a train to Auschwitz. He does not understand the reason for his fate. Tovább »

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Chabad Revisited – Moscow, 1927 We discussed how in far-away Hungary they heard about the Rebbe’s arrest and possible execution, r”l. My zeide, a”h , told me so himself. He was 17 at the Tovább »

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Posted by Naomi Firestone Laszlo Regos, a photographer based in Michigan, recently sent us a beautiful book he published on the Dohány Street Synagogue in Budapest. The book was published last Tovább »

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Last week we inaugurated a new series, bringing you videos of how Jews around the world welcome Shabbat with the singing of Adon Olam, starting with a klezmer troupe in Budapest, Hungary. Read More » Tovább »

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Kalman Brandl, 26 Nisan 5645 (Shabbat, April 11, 1885) larger image (larger version) Sterbematriken: Karl Brandl, born in German cross (sic), dealer, married, died on 10 April 1885, with 79 years Lungenkatharr, in Budapest. Tovább »

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bs”d Please pass this around, to help assure that people will continue to bear witness to this evil legacy.   Click here to view the Auschwitz Album This Album is from May 1944 Hungary.  At Tovább »

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Josef alerted me to a Hungarian article published on June 22nd regarding frogs raining down from the sky. The following is a Google translation. Sorry, I can’t do any better but Hungarian is just not my language. Tovább »

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An indictment was filed in Belgium Wednesday calling for various Israeli officials – including Defense Minister Ehud Barak, opposition leader Tzipi Livni and former prime minister Ehud Olmert – to be tried for war crimes, according to Hungarian News Agency MTI. Tovább »

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