MIch. man denies war crimes as Nazi
MIch. man denies war crimes as Nazi
By ED WHITE • Associated Press • October 13, 2009
An 88-year-old Michigan man who the government wants to deport has denied shooting Jews while serving in a Nazi-controlled police force.
John Kalymon appeared Tuesday in immigration court in Detroit for a brief deportation hearing. He did not speak.
U.S. authorities say Kalymon shot Jews while serving in the Ukrainian Auxiliary Police in what is now Lviv, Ukraine. The city was part of Poland until the Soviet Union invaded the country in 1939.
Kalymon denied the allegations through his lawyer, Elias Xenos. Xenos says Kalymon’s health is deteriorating.
Judge Elizabeth Hacker told the government to file a brief detailing its allegations by early 2010.
Kalymon was stripped of his U.S. citizenship in 2007.
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