Holland has refused to grant an old age pension to Nazi war criminal Joseph Kotaella, one of the last Nazi criminals remaining in Dutch jails. He requested the pension to be sent to his wife in West Germany on the basis of his registration in the city of Breda, claiming that such registration classified him as a Dutch resident. The Dutch Appeal Council ruled that Kotaella, as a war criminal, should not benefit from the Dutch community, and that he has no connection with the Dutch people.
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