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| Jakiv Palij: Nazi guard deported by US dies in Germany | Jakiv Palij: Nazi guard deported by US dies in Germany |
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| A former Nazi collaborator who served as a labour-camp guard in World War Two has died in Germany aged 95, local media report. | |
| Jakiw Palij, who was thought to be the last Nazi collaborator living in the US, was deported to Germany last year after a lengthy legal battle. | Jakiw Palij, who was thought to be the last Nazi collaborator living in the US, was deported to Germany last year after a lengthy legal battle. |
| Palij had been stateless since 2003 when a federal judge revoked his US citizenship over his Nazi links. | Palij had been stateless since 2003 when a federal judge revoked his US citizenship over his Nazi links. |
| Reports say he died in a home for the elderly in the town of Ahlen. | Reports say he died in a home for the elderly in the town of Ahlen. |
| Before his deportation, the former guard lived in the Queens borough of New York City. | |
| His presence there, in a particularly diverse borough, became a point of contention when his past emerged. | |
| His home was often picketed by protestors demanding his expulsion. | |
| Palij's deportation case was resolved last year when Germany agreed to take him in - despite him not possessing German citizenship. | |
| He is believed to have been born in an area of Poland that is now in Ukraine. | |
| In August, the 95-year-old was taken from his home in a wheelchair and flown to Dusseldorf. | |
| At the time Richard Grenell, the US ambassador to Germany, praised President Trump's leadership in helping to resolve the protracted legal dispute. | |
| After Palij's arrival, German officials cast doubt he would ever face prosecution over alleged war crimes - citing lack of evidence. |