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Suspected Nazi fights extradition from Australia to Hungary

An Australian man has taken a lie detector test as part of his battle against extradition to Hungary where he is alleged to have killed a Jewish teenager during the Second World War.

Charles Zentai, 87, is listed by the US-based Nazi-hunting Simon Wiesenthal Center as among its 10 most wanted Nazis, but maintains he is innocent.

The Centre claims Zentai "participated in manhunts, persecution, and murder of Jews in Budapest in 1944".
Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)