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Writer: Matt Moore

December 28, 2012
1:27 pm

Jewish women and children deported from Hungary, separated from the men, line up for selection on the selection platform at Auschwitz camp in Birkenau, Poland, in 1944. (Photo credit: AP/Yad Vashem Photo Archives)

WWII-era papers show suspected Nazi living in US was guard at death camp

Documents prove Philadelphian Johann Breyer served at Auschwitz, and not at smaller work camp where he claims he was guard

By David Rising and Matt Moore and Randy Herschaft

September 25, 2012
2:15 am

Simon Wiesenthal Center's Efraim Zuroff. (Photo credit: JTA via Creative Commons)

‘Old age shouldn’t protect Nazi suspects’

Investigation of 87-year-old Philadelphia man suspected of serving as an SS guard sends powerful message, Efraim Zuroff says

By Matt Moore

September 23, 2012
1:30 pm

The home of Johann "Hans" Breyer, center, is seen in Philadelphia, on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Matt Rourke)

Philadelphia man accused of being SS Auschwitz guard

Johann “Hans” Breyer under investigation by Germany after failed attempts by the US Department of Justice to have him stripped of US citizenship and deported

By David Rising and Matt Moore and Randy Herschaft