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Last update - 09:24 10/07/2008 Nazi hunters urge 'Dr. Death': Turn yourself in By The Associated Press Tags: Aribet Heim, Jewish World  Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff flew to southern Chile on Wednesday in a bid to find the most wanted World War Two criminal thought to be alive, and he urged Aribert Heim, known as Dr Death, to turn himself in. A doctor with Adolf Hitler's SS, Heim removed organs from victims without anesthetic and killed hundreds of inmates at Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria with injections of poison or gasoline straight to the heart. Heim has been on the run for 46 years since evading police in Germany in 1962 prior to a planned prosecution. His family says he died in 1993. He would be 94 if he is alive. Advertisement Zuroff, who heads the hunt for Nazis by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, believes Heim is likely in Chilean or Argentine Patagonia, the region between the Andes and south Atlantic. Heim's daughter lives in Chilean Patagonia. Hundreds of Nazis sought refuge in Latin America after World War Two, many lured to Argentina thanks to the open-door policies of Gen. Juan Domingo Peron, as well as to Chile and Brazil. "My message is: Give up, turn yourself over and at least give the victims closure. You've lived long enough without being behind bars," Zuroff said in Puerto Month. The center is offering a $495,000 reward for Heim's capture as part of it's so-called "Operation Last Chance," and is planning an advertising blitz to try to elicit tips. "He's a horrible war criminal who murdered hundreds of people. Someone like that doesn't deserve to live his life in peace and tranquillity enjoying the scenery here in Puerto Montt," Zuroff said, snowcapped peaks in the distance. Heim's daughter lives in a modest chalet on the outskirts of Puerto Montt, which sits 657 miles south of the capital Santiago. "Our guess is there are people here who might be able to solve the mystery. Somewhere there's someone who knows something that will make a difference," Zuroff said. Zuroff said Heim would be one of the significant catches in recent decades of Nazi hunting. Zuroff is seeking to set up a meeting with Heim's daughter through an intermediary and plans to head on to Bariloche in neighboring Argentina on Friday to build awareness. Among the Nazis who fled to Latin America, Josef Mengele, the "Angel of Death" at Auschwitz, escaped to Argentina and lived in Paraguay before he died in Brazil in 1979. More Jewish World news and features Bookmark to del.icio.us   Smoking kills Tehran slams McCain for saying cigarettes could be used to kill Iranians. Case of deja vu Olmert and his office chief Shula Zaken were accused of similar charges back in 1991.   1.   I DON`T THINK DR.DEATH IS HEARING YOU;I DON`T THINK HE`S IN A BIG 01:43  |  glenna 10/07/08   2.   lo siento 05:42  |  Di 10/07/08   3.   why would a creature like that turn himself in? 06:14  |  Susanna?Shoshanna 10/07/08   4.   "Turn Yourself In" ??? 08:39  |  Yosemite 10/07/08   5.   The Holocaust 09:30  |  Dav 10/07/08   6.   Deception 09:47  |  Fritz 10/07/08   7.   To # 1 What is this that you wrote !!! 10:08  |  Suad 10/07/08   8.   Death camps? 10:16  |  Dav 10/07/08   9.   Dav 11:02  |  Rab Burns 10/07/08   10.   Murderer 11:07  |  Rab Burns 10/07/08   11.   #9 just wonder! 14:18  |  Dav 10/07/08   12.   nazi hunters claim for revengeage, not justice 15:22  |  Manolo nazi expert 10/07/08   13.   # 7 MAYBE YOU DON`T WATCH ENOUGH MOST WANTED NEWS CASTS;THIS WAS 21:13  |  glenna 10/07/08   14.   Dav 05:34  |  Rab Burns 11/07/08   15.   To Dav 11:10  |  Logic 11/07/08

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