A U.S. immigration judge ordered the deportation of an 84-year-old retired auto mechanic to Germany to face charges that he served as an armed guard at a Nazi concentration camp. Michael Gruber, who resides in Rockland County, N.Y., admitted serving as an SS guard in Oranienburg, Germany, but denied knowing that there was a concentration camp there.
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