Dan Goldberg was finalising his SBS documentary, The Hunt For Australia’s Last Nazis, which investigates Australia’s post-World War II acceptance of displaced persons, including over 4,000 former Nazis, when the Bondi Beach massacre occurred in December 2025.Goldberg describes the collision of past and present as he returned to journalism to cover the attack that left 15 people dead and 40 injured.

His documentary highlights how post-war immigration policy prioritised nation-building over humanitarian concerns, often guided by racism and anti-communist sentiment.

Experts in the film note that Jews were deliberately deprioritised in immigration selection, with a preference for young, white, non-Jewish immigrants.

While Australia granted amnesty for war crimes in the 1960s, accountability only gained attention in the late 1980s with the Special Investigations Unit, which conducted hundreds of inquiries with no convictions.

The documentary examines notable cases of alleged war criminals, including Konrad Kalejs, Karlis Ozols, and Ivan Polyukhovich, demonstrating systemic failures in justice.

Goldberg emphasises that while Australia’s last Nazis have died, war criminals from other conflicts continue to live here with limited risk of prosecution, underlining the ongoing relevance of confronting historical and contemporary injustices.