A Lithuanian judge is asking the U.S. Justice Department to prove its contention that an alleged Nazi war criminal is faking illness to avoid trial. Former U.S. citizen Aleksandras Lileikis, 92, is accused of handing over scores of Jews to Nazi death squads during World War II.
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