Nazi hunters launch 'last-chance' effort

Nearly 70 years after theHolocaust, the Nazi hunters at the Simon Wiesenthal Center have launched a fresh campaign to bring fugitive war criminals to justice.

Earlier this month, the center launched Operation Last Chance II, placing thousands of posters in major German cities offering substantial cash rewards for tips leading to the capture and indictment of fugitive Nazis.

Operation Last Chance began in 2002, but this new phase was galvanized by the 2011 capture and conviction of John Demjanjuk, a former concentration camp guardfound living in Cleveland, OH.

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"We can't bring back to life a single one of the Nazi's victims, but what we can do is to see to it that those who turned them into victims will be held accountable," said Efraim Zuroff, director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center.

"The passage of time in no way diminishes the guilt of the killers," he added.

Zuroff worries that there is "not much" time left to find and punish Nazi fugitives before they die, and ispleased with the public response. The center has received "dozens and dozens" of calls and emails since launching the project on July 23, he said.

He sees the operation as a chance to help redress the crimes of the past

Efraim Zuroff joined CBC Radio's Day 6 to discuss their effort to bring them to justice. Listen to the audio clip above for the full interview.