A federal judge revoked the citizenship of an alleged Nazi concentration camp guard. U.S. District Court Judge Allyne Ross in New York ruled July 31 that Jakiw Palij, 79, lied on his 1949 visa application about having been an armed guard at the SS labor camp Trawniki.
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