British police will investigate claims that former Ukrainian SS members are living in the United Kingdom and have escaped prosecution for war crimes. Secret files released last week by Britain’s National Archives revealed that 7,100 soldiers, many of whom had been volunteers in an SS division responsible for numerous atrocities, were allowed into Britain after World War II as farm laborers, despite government misgivings.
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