Nazi hunters search Chile, Argentina for 'Dr Death'

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SANTIAGO (AFP) — Nazi hunters from the Simon Wiesenthal Center arrived here Monday to search for notorious German war criminal Aribert Heim, 94, known as "Dr Death," believed to be hiding in Chile or Argentina, a center official told AFP.

The delegation is headed by the center's Israel office chief and top Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff, and its ongoing "Operation Last Chance" will take them to Puerto Montt, in southern Chile, and Bariloche, in southeastern Argentina, Sergio Widder said.

Puerto Montt is home to Heim's daughter Waltraud and could be where he is currently staying, the Wiesenthal center's representative in Latin America said.

The second-most wanted Nazi criminal on the center's list, Heim is wanted for the murder of hundreds of inmates at the...