Efraim Zuroff
Efraim Zuroff | |
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אפרים זורוף | |
Zuroff in 2007 | |
| Born | 5 August 1948 New York City, U.S. |
| Nationality | American, Israeli |
| Alma mater | Yeshiva University Hebrew University of Jerusalem (PhD) |
| Occupation | Nazi hunter |
| Children | 4 |
Efraim Zuroff (Hebrew: אפרים זורוף; born August 5, 1948) is an American-born Israeli historian and Nazi hunter who has played a key role in bringing Nazi and fascist war criminals to trial. Zuroff, director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center office in Jerusalem, is the coordinator of Nazi war crimes research worldwide for the Wiesenthal Center and the author of its annual "Status Report" on the worldwide investigation and prosecution of Nazi war criminals which includes a list of most-wanted Nazi war criminals.