Nazi war criminals unlikely to be in NZ

The German community believes it is highly unlikely Nazi war criminals are living in New Zealand.

Israeli Nazi-hunter Efraim Zuroff believes some could be hiding out in New Zealand. He is in the country publicising the Simon Wiesenthal Centre's Operation Last Chance, which is an attempt to round up surviving Nazi war criminals.

But German Society of New Zealand President Inge Attenberger says it is far fetched. She says the society has no reason to be concerned as there are no men who are in their eighties who could have been in the Second World War. Ms Attenberger says the oldest member of the community in New Zealand is a woman in her eighties.

A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of war criminals.

- NEWSTALK ZB