Member of Nazi Unit Is Deported by U.S.
A member of a Nazi-sponsored Lithuanian battalion blamed for the killing of nearly 20,000 Jews has returned to his homeland after U.S. courts ordered his deportation, officials said.
Juozas Naujalis, 81, a retired Chicago-area machinist, flew to Lithuania on March 15. Lithuanian prosecutors disclosed his arrival this week.
Naujalis, a U.S. resident for the last 50 years, denied participating in atrocities while a member of the 2nd Lithuanian Schutzmannschaft Battalion during the 1941-44 Nazi occupation. U.S. judges, however, rejected his claims.
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