Notorious Hungarian art dealer and alleged Nazi war criminal, accused of deporting Jews to Auschwitz during WWII, later living undetected in Canada until his 2012 exposure.
László Csizsik Csáthy, a Hungarian citizen, is infamously known for his role in organizing the deportation of approximately 15,700 Jews to Auschwitz during World War II. Convicted in absentia by a Czechoslovak court in 1948 and sentenced to death, Csáthy's name would later appear on the Simon Wiesenthal Center's list of most wanted Nazi war criminals in 2012.
In Canada, Csáthy settled in Montreal and became an art dealer. He successfully obtained Canadian citizenship in 1955, but his new life was short-lived. In 1997, his citizenship was revoked by the federal Cabinet for lying on his citizenship application. Despite being stripped of his citizenship, Csáthy was never charged with war crimes in Canada.
In July 2012, Slovak Justice Minister Tom Borec announced that Slovakia was ready to prosecute Csáthy and requested Hungary to extradite him. A file prepared by the Simon Wiesenthal Center implicated Csáthy in the deportation of 300 people from Kassa in 1941. However, the Budapest Prosecutors Office dropped the charges in August 2012, citing a lack of evidence.
Born in 1906
A high-ranking Nazi officer responsible for organizing the logistics of the Holocaust, overseeing the mass deportation of Jews to concentration camps during World War II.
Born in 1868
Led a right-wing authoritarian government in Hungary between the two World Wars, known for his anti-Semitic and nationalist policies. He collaborated with Nazi Germany during World War II.
