Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section Press Releases, Speeches and Testimony for 2000
Tuesday, September 5, 2000
Press Release
Court Of Appeals Affirms Denaturalization For Involvement In Wartime Nazi Roundups Of Lithuanian Jews (OSI)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A federal court of appeals for the Northern District of Ohio has affirmed a 1997 U.S. District Court ruling that stripped Algimantis Dailide, 79, formerly of Brecksville, Ohio, of his naturalized U.S. citizenship on the basis of his participation in arrests and searching of Jews in Nazi-occupied Vilnius, Lithuania during World War II. Dailide currently lives in Gulfport, Florida. (Read more)
Friday, August 18, 2000
Press Release
Court Of Appeals Affirms Denaturalization Of Former Nazi Concentration Camp Guard (OSI)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has unanimously affirmed a 1999 U.S. District Court decision stripping Michael Negele of St. Peters, Missouri, of his U.S. citizenship. (Read more)
Monday, August 14, 2000
Press Release
Former Nazi Concentration Camp Guard Ordered Deported (OSI)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice announced today that an order of removal has been issued by the U.S. Immigration Court in New York City against Michael Gru ber, retired auto mechanic, who served the Nazis as an armed SS guard at the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp in Oranienburg, Germany during World War II. (Read more)
Tuesday, July 25, 2000
Press Release
Court Revokes U.S. Citizenship Of Former Nazi Concentration Camp Guard (OSI)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A federal judge in Philadelphia has revoked the U.S. citizenship of retired machinist, Theodor Szehinskyj 76, of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, for his activity as a Nazi concentration camp guard during World War II. (Read more)
Wednesday, April 19, 2000
Press Release
Justice Department Moves To Revoke Citizenship Of Former Nazi Slave Labor Camp Guard (OSI)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice today initiated proceedings to revoke the U.S. citizenship of a Sterling Heights, Michigan man based on his participation in persecuting Polish and Jewish civilians during World War II as an SS auxiliary and armed guard at two Nazi slave labor camps. (Read more)
Tuesday, April 18, 2000
Press Release
Justice Department Moves To Revoke Citizenship Of Former Nazi Slave Labor Camp Guard (OSI)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice today initiated proceedings to revoke the U.S. citizenship of a Sterling Heights, Michigan man based on his participation in persecuting Polish and Jewish civilians during World War II as an SS auxiliary and armed guard at two Nazi slave labor camps. (Read more)
Tuesday, March 14, 2000
Press Release
Former Nazi Concentration Camp Guard Deported To Austria (OSI)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Michigan man who served during World War II as a guard at two Nazi-operated concentration camps was deported yesterday to Austria, the Department of Justice announced. (Read more)
Wednesday, March 1, 2000
Press Release
Appeals Court Upholds Deportation Of Former Member Of Nazi Mobile Killing Unit (OSI)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) has affirmed an order directing the deportation of Juozas Naujalis, a retired machinist living in Chicago, based on his participation in Nazi sponsored activities during World War II. (Read more)
Tuesday, February 29, 2000
Press Release
Appeals Court Upholds Deportation Of Former Member Of Nazi Mobile Killing Unit (OSI)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) has affirmed an order directing the deportation of Juozas Naujalis, a retired machinist living in Chicago, based on his participation in Nazi sponsored activities during World War II. (Read more)