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97-Year-Old Nazi War Criminal Arrested (20th July, 2012)

Police in Hungary have arrested the world's most wanted living Nazi, 97-year-old Laszlo Csatary. They charged him with war crimes related to the deaths of 15,700 Jews at the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. His capture comes over 60 years after the crimes took place. Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff said people should not care about Csatary's age. "Don't look at [him] when he is old and frail," he said, "look at a man who when he was at the height of his powers, devoted them to killing [thousands of] people."

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Mr Zuroff found Csatary in a suburb of Budapest late last year. The British tabloid newspaper "The Sun" sent a journalist to Hungary last week and published photos of the pensioner. Hungarian police then arrested him. Csatary was a police commander during WWII. He fled Europe after the war and lived in Canada with a new identity as an art dealer. He was sentenced to death for war crimes in 1948. His real identity was discovered in 1997 and he left Canada. His whereabouts had been a mystery for 15 years.

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PHRASE MATCH

Match the following phrases from the article.

Paragraph 1

1.	the world's most	a.	with war crimes
2	They charged him	b.	took place
3.	concentration	c.	his powers
4.	60 years after the crimes	d.	frail
5.	he is old and	e.	wanted living Nazi
6.	he was at the height of	f.	camp

Paragraph 2

1.	a suburb	a.	discovered in 1997
2	tabloid	b.	mystery for 15 years
3.	police then	c.	of Budapest
4.	He fled	d.	arrested him
5.	His real identity was	e.	newspaper
6.	His whereabouts had been a	f.	Europe after the war

LISTENING GAP FILL

Police in Hungary have arrested the world's (1) _____________________ Nazi, 97-year-old Laszlo Csatary. They charged him with war crimes (2) _____________________ of 15,700 Jews at the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. His (3) _____________________ 60 years after the (4) _____________________. Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff said people should not care about Csatary's age. "Don't look at [him] when (5) _____________________," he said, "look at a man who when he was (6) _____________________ powers, devoted them to killing [thousands of] people."

Mr Zuroff found Csatary (7) _____________________ Budapest late last year. The British tabloid newspaper "The Sun" sent a journalist to Hungary (8) _____________________ photos of the pensioner. Hungarian police then arrested him. Csatary was a police commander during WWII. (9) _____________________ the war and lived in Canada (10) _____________________ as an art dealer. He was (11) _____________________ for war crimes in 1948. His real identity was discovered in 1997 and he left Canada. His whereabouts 12() _____________________ for 15 years.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Police in Hungary have arrested the world's most (1) ____ living Nazi, 97-year-old Laszlo Csatary. They charged him (2) ____ war crimes related to the deaths of 15,700 Jews at the Auschwitz concentration camp (3) ____ World War II. His capture (4) ____ over 60 years after the crimes took place. Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff said people should not (5) ____ about Csatary's age. "Don't look at [him] when he is old and (6) ____," he said, "look at a man who when he was at the height of his powers, devoted them to killing [thousands of] people."

Mr Zuroff found Csatary in a (7) ____ of Budapest late last year. The British tabloid newspaper "The Sun" sent a journalist to Hungary last week and published photos of the (8) ____. Hungarian police then arrested him. Csatary was a police commander during WWII. He (9) ____ Europe after the war and lived in Canada with a new identity (10) ____ an art dealer. He was sentenced (11) ____ death for war crimes in 1948. His real identity was discovered in 1997 and he left Canada. His (12) ____ had been a mystery for 15 years.

Put the correct words from this table into the article.

1.	(a)	wasted	(b)	wished	(c)	wanted
2.	(a)	with	(b)	for	(c)	of
3.	(a)	while	(b)	when	(c)	during
4.	(a)	goes	(b)	comes	(c)	leaves
5.	(a)	care	(b)	careful	(c)	carefree
6.	(a)	pail	(b)	frail	(c)	trail
7.	(a)	suburb	(b)	suburban	(c)	suburbs
8.	(a)	pension	(b)	pensions	(c)	pensioner
9.	(a)	fled	(b)	tread	(c)	shed
10.	(a)	was	(b)	as	(c)	has
11.	(a)	at	(b)	of	(c)	to
12	(a)	where	(b)	whereabouts	(c)	whereby

SPELLING

Spell the jumbled words (from the text) correctly.

Paragraph 1
1.	most netadw
2.	the hdesta of 15,700 Jews
3.	after the ecsimr took place
4.	he is old and rlifa
5.	at the ghhiet of his powers
6.	ndshustao of people
Paragraph 2
7.	in a bsurub of Budapest
8.	badtoil newspaper
9.	lsbdphieu photos
10.	an art leaedr
11.	His real tdtyiein
12.	a yermsyt for 15 years

PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER

Number these lines in the correct order.

( )	newspaper "The Sun" sent a journalist to Hungary last week and published photos of the
( )	place. Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff said people should not care about Csatary's age. "Don't look
( )	Mr Zuroff found Csatary in a suburb of Budapest late last year. The British tabloid
( )	old Laszlo Csatary. They charged him with war crimes related to the deaths of 15,700 Jews at the Auschwitz
( )	to death for war crimes in 1948. His real identity was discovered in 1997
( )	pensioner. Hungarian police then arrested him. Csatary was a police commander during WWII. He fled
( 1 )	Police in Hungary have arrested the world's most wanted living Nazi, 97-year-
( )	at [him] when he is old and frail," he said, "look at a man who when he was at the height
( )	and he left Canada. His whereabouts had been a mystery for 15 years.
( )	Europe after the war and lived in Canada with a new identity as an art dealer. He was sentenced
( )	of his powers, devoted them to killing [thousands of] people."
( )	concentration camp during World War II. His capture comes over 60 years after the crimes took

THE READING / TAPESCRIPT

With a partner, put the words back into the correct order.

1.	Nazi living wanted most world's the Arrested.
2.	crimes They him war charged with.
3.	years place after the Over crimes 60 took.
4.	look at him when he is old and frail Don't.
5.	at when A his the he man powers height was who of.
6.	a was Csatary WWII during commander police.
7.	identity new a with Canada in Lived dealer art an as.
8.	He for was war sentenced crimes to death.
9.	1997 in discovered was identity real His.
10.	a whereabouts been mystery His had.

DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

WRITING

Write about war criminals for 10 minutes. Show your partner your paper. Correct each other's work.

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HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. WAR CRIMINALS: Search the Internet and find more information about war criminals. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about war criminals. Include an imaginary interview with Csatary. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

4. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

5. LETTER: Write a letter to a war criminals expert. Ask him/her three questions about war criminals. Give him/her three of your opinions on them. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Your partner will answer the questions you asked.

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News English Lessons FREE Handout, Listening & Quizzes - Nazi War Criminal (11 Pages of Materials & 8 Online Activities)