Yugoslav Nazi uncovered in U.S.

U.S. national Peter Egner is suspected of participating in the murder of over 17,000 Serbian civilians during WW2. The U.S. Justice Department is seeking to revoke his citizenship, say U.S. media. Yugoslav Nazi uncovered in U.S. The U.S. authorities accuse Egner, 86, of serving as a guard and interpreter in the Nazi-controlled Belgrade Secret Police and Security Service (SPSS) between 1941 and 1943, when he was wounded. In an affidavit filed against Egner in the U.S. District Court in Seattle, Egner, who was born in the former Yugoslavia, is accused of serving in a Nazi mobile unit that murdered thousands of Jews, Roma and political dissidents during World War II, says the Seattle Times. Egner is suspected of being a member of a special action unit that was responsible for the systematic slaughter of Belgrade Jews. According to the affidavit, on a daily basis lasting two months, victims were taken from the camp and forced into a specially designed van, in which they were gassed with carbon monoxide. The U.S. Justice Department says that in the autumn of 1941, Egner's unit executed 11,164 people, mostly Serbian Jews, suspected communists, and Roma. "The unit had a leading role in the murder of 6,280 Jewish women and children at Semlin concentration camp,” reads the affidavit filed by Elizabeth White, the Office of Special Investigation's (OSI) chief historian and deputy director tasked with finding alleged war criminals living in the U.S. During questioning, Egner admitted that he had been a member of the secret police, that he had transferred prisoners to the Avala and Semlin (Old Fairground) concentration camps near Belgrade, and that he had been an interpreter during the interrogation of political prisoners. Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich said that the Nazi unit of which Egner is alleged to have been a member had been responsible for countless deaths and unimaginable suffering. Egner emigrated to the U.S. in 1960 and was granted citizenship in 1966. The affidavit alleges that Egner gave false information to the U.S. authorities, omitting to say that he had served in the Gestapo. Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, told AP that the unit had been a mobile killing squad made up of volunteers who had joined up to receive special rations like cigarettes, salami and alcohol.

Yugoslav Nazi uncovered in U.S.

The U.S. authorities accuse Egner, 86, of serving as a guard and interpreter in the Nazi-controlled Belgrade Secret Police and Security Service (SPSS) between 1941 and 1943, when he was wounded.

In an affidavit filed against Egner in the U.S. District Court in Seattle, Egner, who was born in the former Yugoslavia, is accused of serving in a Nazi mobile unit that murdered thousands of Jews, Roma and political dissidents during World War II, says the Seattle Times.

Egner is suspected of being a member of a special action unit that was responsible for the systematic slaughter of Belgrade Jews.

According to the affidavit, on a daily basis lasting two months, victims were taken from the camp and forced into a specially designed van, in which they were gassed with carbon monoxide.

The U.S. Justice Department says that in the autumn of 1941, Egner's unit executed 11,164 people, mostly Serbian Jews, suspected communists, and Roma.

"The unit had a leading role in the murder of 6,280 Jewish women and children at Semlin concentration camp,” reads the affidavit filed by Elizabeth White, the Office of Special Investigation's (OSI) chief historian and deputy director tasked with finding alleged war criminals living in the U.S.

During questioning, Egner admitted that he had been a member of the secret police, that he had transferred prisoners to the Avala and Semlin (Old Fairground) concentration camps near Belgrade, and that he had been an interpreter during the interrogation of political prisoners.

Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich said that the Nazi unit of which Egner is alleged to have been a member had been responsible for countless deaths and unimaginable suffering.

Egner emigrated to the U.S. in 1960 and was granted citizenship in 1966. The affidavit alleges that Egner gave false information to the U.S. authorities, omitting to say that he had served in the Gestapo.

Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, told AP that the unit had been a mobile killing squad made up of volunteers who had joined up to receive special rations like cigarettes, salami and alcohol.