The Simon Wiesenthal Center called on the government of Colombia for help in determining the whereabouts of 11 suspected Lithuanian war criminals who emigrated to the South American nation after World War II. The 11 are believed to have served in Nazi-era Lithuanian police units that persecuted and murdered Jews.
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