Michael Karkoc Of Minnesota Accused Of Being A Nazi Commanderhttps://t.co/DX0SwnJ5YPpic.twitter.com/vDplLdMVyc
— DC Statesman ( @DCStatesman)March 14 , 2017
Polish self-assurance will seek the extradition of a former Nazi commandant who has been living in Minneapolis , Minnesota since the terminal of World War II .
According to theAssociated Press , Polish prosecutors “ 100 percentage ” believe that 98 - year - honest-to-goodness Michael Karkoc burned down Polish Greenwich Village and ordered the massacre of civilians during World War II while leading a unit of measurement of the SS - connected Ukrainian Self Defense Legion .
“ All the pieces of evidence interwoven together allow us to say the individual who dwell in the U.S. is Michael K. , who commanded the Ukrainian Self Defense Legion which carry out the pacification of Polish villages in the Lublin region , ” Polish Prosecutor Robert Janicki told the AP . “ He is our defendant as of today . ”
Karkoc ’s family vehemently deny the allegations , with his son , Andriy Karkoc , calling them “ scandalous and groundless slanders . ”
“ There ’s nothing in the historical record that indicates my father had any role whatsoever in any type of war crime activity , ” Andriy Karkoc told the AP . “ My male parent ’s indistinguishability has never been in question nor has it ever been hidden . ”
Karkoc ’s crimes came to light thanks in part to a 2013 AP investigation that pieced together wartime papers , testimony from gentleman in Karkoc ’s social unit and Karkoc ’s ego - written memoir . The AP strike that Karkoc rest to U.S. immigration official to be able to enter the country following the end of the war .
According to the AP , the special German prosecuting officer ’s office responsible for investigating Nazi war crimes establish sufficient evidence to act on effectual action against Karkoc but decided against accept action after speaking to Karkoc ’s MD .
Michael Karkoc sustain from an advanced degree of Alzheimer ’s disease . Regardless , if Polish authorities successfully deport Karkoc and convict him of ordering his men to kill defenseless Polish villagers , he will spend the rest period of his life in prison house .
Next , have a aspect at thefaces of the Nazi safety at the Auschwitz extinction campas catalog in a database recently made public by Poland . Then , see 44Holocaust photosthat give away both the tragedy and perseverance of this dismay installment .
