A top Nazi SS commander accused of burning and killing innocent women and children has been hiding out in Minneapolis since 1949, according to evidence uncovered by the Associated Press.
When Michael Karkoc, 94, came to the United States in 1949, he told officials that he had performed no military service during WWII, even though he was an officer and founding member of the SS Ukrainian Self Defense Legion and an officer in the SS Galicia Division.
Records also show that Karkoc was involved in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, in which Nazi commanders barbarically suppressed a Polish rebellion against the German occupation.
Due to Karkoc’s involvement with the SS and other blacklisted organizations, he was technically forbidden from entering the United Sates after WWII.
The U.S. Department of Justice has deported numerous suspected Nazi war criminals living in the United States.
Karkoc refuses to discuss his involvement with the Nazi party. While living in Minnesota, he married, had four children, and worked for a national construction company based in Minneapolis.
If convicted, Karkoc could be deported for prosecution in Germany or Poland.