According to The Washington Post, the White House made an announcement on Tuesday saying that it was deporting 95-year-old Jakiw Palij, who is a former Nazi camp guard.
Around six million Jews and other Nazi adversaries were killed as a result of the Holocaust and this year marked the 73rdanniversary since the camps were liberated. Thousands of Nazis and Nazi sympathizers have gone without consequences, but recently the number of people going to trial for these war crimes has risen.
Before Nazi Germany was liberated by the Allies, tens of thousands of Nazi criminals disappeared and went into hiding. Some perpetrators left the country, some left the continent, and others elected to hide in German cities.
On Tuesday, Palij, who was Polish born, was sent to Germany, and according to the Washington Post, the White House stated that Palij was the last known alleged former Nazi guard living in the United States.
According to the U.S. Embassy in Berlin, Palij, who was living in Queens, New York, was arrested for his crimes on Monday and sent to Germany early Tuesday morning. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper in Germany reported that Palij was moved to a nursing home upon arrival.
In a statement Tuesday, U.S. officials stipulated that Palij’s deportation was the result of negotiations by “President Trump and his team” and “collaborative efforts with…
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