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Nov 15, 2007 1:04 pm US/Central
Former Nazi Officer Deported From United States
Osyp Firishchaak Served In Nazi-Operated Ukrainian Police Unit
CHICAGO (STNG) ―
An 87-year-old Chicago man who formerly served as a Nazi police officer has been ordered removed from the United States.
An immigration judge in Chicago ordered Osyp Firishchaak removed Thursday for his role in a Ukrainian police unit that assisted in the annihilation of more than 100,000 Jews in Nazi-occupied L'viv, Poland, during World War II, according to a release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Immigration Judge Robert Vinikoor ordered Firishchak removed to his native Ukraine on the basis of his service in the Nazi-operated Ukrainian Auxiliary Police.
In his five-page ruling, Judge Vinikoor adopted the 2005 findings of a district court that stripped Firishchak of his U.S. citizenship.
That court ruled Firishchak "was a participant in an organization that penetrated some of the most horrific acts against human decency every known in history," rejecting Firishchak's "completely unbelievable" testimony, and noting that his "shameless attempt to excuse himself from an inexcusable act is cowardly," the release said.
Firishchak, who was born in Trebuszany in present-day Ukraine, immigrated to the United States in 1949 and became a citizen in 1954.
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