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Germany refuses Nazi suspects

U.S. deports dozens of suspected war criminals, but Germany worried group will prop up neo-Nazi groups

Germany has refused entry to several Nazi war criminals who have been deported from the United States.

 

Saturday, German television reported dozens of people have been stripped of their American citizenship after it was revealed they lied on citizenship applications.

 

Germany’s refusal to absorb the deportees leaves the suspected war criminals in a state of limbo, with no country willing to take them in.

 

Guards, collaborators

 

According to Jonathan Drimmer, Deputy Director for the Office of Special Investigations of the Criminal Division for the U.S. Department of Justice, the deportees were concentration camp guards and collaborators with Nazi officers.

 

Officially, the German government said the U.S. has not proven the deportees’ guilt, but some officials in Berlin believe the suspects are guilty and are worried the group may join neo-Nazi groups if allowed to enter the country.

 

The officials also said that, due to the suspects' ages, they are likely to rely heavily on Germany’s welfare system.

 

Must take them

 

Drimmer said Germany must allow the deportees entrance to the country “in light of a 1954 agreement requiring former Nazis to be returned to Germany.

 

The German government office in charge of dealing with Nazi war crimes also wants the suspects' to be allowed entry so they may be brought to trial.

 

In the event that the group is not expelled from the United States, they will not face trial, as U.S. law prohibits trials for crimes committed outside the country.

 


פרסום ראשון: 06.12.05, 14:47
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