Expelled Nazis paid millions in Social Security
OSIJEK - Dozens of suspected Nazi war criminals and SS guards collected millions of dollars in US Social Security benefits after being forced out of the United States, an Associated Press investigation has found.
The payments, underwritten by American taxpayers, flowed through a legal loophole that gave the US Justice Department leverage to persuade Nazi suspects to leave the US If they agreed to go, or simply fled before deportation, they could keep their Social Security, according to interviews and internal US government records.
Among those receiving benefits were armed SS troops who guarded the network of Nazi camps where millions of Jews perished.
