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'Nazi' policeman US deportation hearing begins

October 14, 2009 10:33
John Kalymon

ByJessica Elgot, Jessica Elgot

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A retired engineer, who served in a Nazi police force, has appeared in court in the first step in an attempt to deport him from the US.

John Kalymon, 88, appeared at an immigration court in Detroit, Michigan. He denies personally shooting Jews, killing at least one, as a member of the Nazi-sponsored Ukrainian Auxiliary Police.

He also denies rounding up hundreds of Ukrainian Jews so they could be deported to gas chambers or labour camps, but admits that he was a member of the UAP.

His lawyer, Elias Xenos, argued that Mr Kalymon’s branch of the force had no authority. He said they were mainly used to guard streets and police cells.