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Suspected Nazi War Criminal Found In Metro Atlanta

Nazi hunters have tracked a suspected World War II concentration camp guard to Lawrenceville.

Members of the Justice Department's elite Nazi tracking force said Paul Henss, 85, served as a prison guard and attack dog handler at the notorious Dachau and Buchenwald Concentration Camps in Nazi Germany.

"It is not 100% true, what they charge me," said Henss Monday afternoon. Henss appeared confused as he tried to answer a barrage of questions from reporters Monday afternoon.

The Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security have asked an immigration judge in Atlanta to deport Henss.
Read entire article at WSBTV.com (Atlanta)