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The Simon Wiesenthal Center called on Australia to start proceedings against 22 Lithuanians suspected of Nazi war crimes. Australia “remains the only Western country” that has “failed to take successful legal action against” the “large numbers of Nazi war criminals and collaborators” who fled to Australia after World War II, according to the group.

May 31, 2002
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The Simon Wiesenthal Center called on Australia to start proceedings against 22 Lithuanians suspected of Nazi war crimes. Australia “remains the only Western country” that has “failed to take successful legal action against” the “large numbers of Nazi war criminals and collaborators” who fled to Australia after World War II, according to the group.

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