Suspected Nazi war criminal dies

Suspected Nazi war criminal Peter Egner, whose extradition was requested by Serbia for murdering over 17,000 civilians during WW2, has died at the age of 88.

Izvor: Tanjug

Tuesday, 01.02.2011.

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Suspected Nazi war criminal Peter Egner, whose extradition was requested by Serbia for murdering over 17,000 civilians during WW2, has died at the age of 88. Egner, who had been a resident of a retirement and assisted-living community in Bellevue, Washington, near Seattle, died there last week, according to a representative of the facility, Reuters reported. Suspected Nazi war criminal dies An ethnic German born in Serbia's northern region of Vojvodina, Egner entered the United States in 1960 and became a citizen in 1966. Serbia issued an international arrest warrant for him in April last year and formally requested his extradition on November 28. Egner had admitted he belonged to a security unit run by the occupying Nazi German forces, but denied he committed war crimes. The U.S. Justice Department had asked the federal court to revoke his U.S. citizenship based on evidence of his role in a Nazi mobile execution unit that participated in the mass murder of more than 17,000 civilians, mainly Jews, Roma and political opponents, between 1941 and 1943. He was accused of concealing his Nazi past when he applied for U.S. immigration and naturalization. A proceeding to consider whether to revoke his citizenship was set to begin on February 22 at U.S. District Court in Seattle. Egner was listed by the Nazi-hunting Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles as the most wanted Nazi war criminal still known to be residing in the United States.

Suspected Nazi war criminal dies

An ethnic German born in Serbia's northern region of Vojvodina, Egner entered the United States in 1960 and became a citizen in 1966.

Serbia issued an international arrest warrant for him in April last year and formally requested his extradition on November 28.

Egner had admitted he belonged to a security unit run by the occupying Nazi German forces, but denied he committed war crimes.

The U.S. Justice Department had asked the federal court to revoke his U.S. citizenship based on evidence of his role in a Nazi mobile execution unit that participated in the mass murder of more than 17,000 civilians, mainly Jews, Roma and political opponents, between 1941 and 1943. He was accused of concealing his Nazi past when he applied for U.S. immigration and naturalization.

A proceeding to consider whether to revoke his citizenship was set to begin on February 22 at U.S. District Court in Seattle.

Egner was listed by the Nazi-hunting Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles as the most wanted Nazi war criminal still known to be residing in the United States.

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