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Tuesday, August 21, 2018
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Tuesday, August 21, 2018
US envoy to Berlin says Trump told him to prioritize ex-Nazi guard’s deportation
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleBERLIN — The US ambassador to Germany says US President Donald Trump instructed him to make it a priority to secure the deportation of a Nazi war crimes suspect from the US to Germany.
Richard Grenell, who arrived in Germany earlier this year, says the new German government, which took office in March, brought “new energy” to the matter of 95-year-old former concentration camp guard, Jakiw Palij.
The deportation Tuesday came after weeks of diplomatic negotiations.
Grenell tells reporters that there were “difficult conversations” because Palij is not a German citizen and was stateless after losing his US citizenship, but “the moral obligation” of taking in “someone who served in the name of the German government was accepted.”
— AP
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