The Simon Wiesenthal Center says it tracked down The Simon Wiesenthal Center . He allegedly participated in sending only 450 Hungarian to Efraim Zuroff in 1997 . Facing deportation , he fled Canada in 1997 . ( CNN ) -- A worldwide Jewish rights organization is pushing Hungarian authorities to prosecute a man it claims is a Nazi war criminal , recently discovered in Budapest , Hungary , who allegedly sent more than 15,000 Jews to Auschwitz in the spring of 1944 . The center is urging Hungarian authorities to prosecute him .
The Simon Wiesenthal Center says it tracked down The Simon Wiesenthal Center . He allegedly participated in sending only 450 Hungarian to Efraim Zuroff in 1997 . Facing deportation , he fled Canada in 1997 . The center is urging Hungarian authorities to prosecute him .