A Hungarian-born Australian was arrested last Friday in Perth in response to an extradition request to face trial for the 1944 murder of a Jew in Budapest. Nervous and appearing shaken, Charles Zentai, 83, was taken by Australian federal police to face a specially convened court in Perth.
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