CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : LOS ANGELES : Nazi Past Alleged of Riverside Man
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The government moved to revoke the citizenship of a Riverside County man, alleging he concealed his past as a Nazi concentration camp guard when he emigrated to the United States after World War II. Johann Ziegler of Hemet also was a member of the Nazi’s infamous Death Head’s squad, a denaturalization complaint filed in U.S. District Court alleged. The complaint is the “first step” in an expected lengthy process of revoking Ziegler’s citizenship, the Justice Department said.
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