Nazi hunter
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A Nazi hunter is a private individual or group who tracks down and gathers information on former Nazis so that they can be punished for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Holocaust.
Many western governments had lost interest in denazification with the start of the Cold War.[citation needed] Private Nazi hunters sought out fugitives on their own, some of whom were hiding out in lands far from Europe, such as Latin America. In later years, with pressure from activists, there was greater cooperation with western governments, as well as Israel. The activity necessarily declined by the end of the 20th century as most of the generation active during the Holocaust have died out or reached extreme old age. Some Nazi hunters have included Simon Wiesenthal, Charles R. Allen, Jr., Tuviah Friedman, Serge and Beate Klarsfeld, Yaron Svoray, Elliot Welles, and Efraim Zuroff.
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