Germany 'unlikely to prosecute Nazi guard deported from US'

Nazi hunter Jens Rommel says 95-year-old Jakiw Palij will probably never face trial for alleged war crimes

German authorities are unlikely to ever bring to trial a 95-year-old former second world war concentration camp guard who was deported from the US earlier this week, the country’s leading Nazi hunter has said.

Jens Rommel, who heads the Central Office for the Investigation of Nazi Crimes in Ludwigsburg, said there was not enough evidence to prosecute Jakiw Palij, whom US authorities accuse of involvement in war crimes.

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