The Simon Wiesenthal Center is calling on Italy to extradite a man suspected of involvement in the Ardeatine Caves massacre, considered the worst Nazi atrocity carried out in wartime Italy. According to the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, the center seeks the extradition of Wilheim Schubernig, 83, who has lived openly in Austria for 43 years.
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