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Feds Seek To Deport Alleged Nazi Helper

Federal authorities have stripped an American of his citizenship and are now trying to deport him for allegedly helping Nazis in his native country.

The Justice Department initiated removal proceedings against John Kalymon of Troy, Mich., based on his participation in violent acts of persecution while serving as an armed member of the Nazi-sponsored Ukrainian police during World War II, a Justice Department press release said.

Specifically, the Justice Department filed charging documents in U.S. Immigration Court in Detroit, saying that Kalymon “personally shot Jews while serving” as a member of the Ukrainian police from at least May 1942 to March 1944, according to the press release. At least one of those shot died.
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