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Timeline: Life and death of ex-Nazi guard deported from US

By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

FILE - This 1949 photo provided by the U.S. Department of Justice shows a U.S. visa photo of Jakiw Palij, a former Nazi concentration camp guard who has been living in the Queens borough of New York. German media report that Jakiw Palij, a former Nazi concentration camp guard who spent decades leading an unassuming life in New York City until his past was revealed, has died. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and Westfaelische Nachrichten newspapers quoted German officials on Thursday confirming that Palij, who was deported to Germany in August, died in a care home in the town of Ahlen. He was 95. (US Department of Justice via AP, file)

Report: Ex-Nazi camp guard deported by US dies in Germany

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

This 1949 photo provided by the U.S. Department of Justice shows a U.S. visa photo of Jakiw Palij, a former Nazi concentration camp guard who has been living in the Queens borough of New York. The White House says that Palij, a 95-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard has been deported to Germany, 14 years after a judge ordered his expulsion. In a statement, the White House said the deportation of Palij was carried out early Tuesday Aug. 21, 2018. (US Department of Justice via AP)

Poland asks to see US documents on deported ex-Nazi guard

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

President Donald Trump gives thumbs up after speaking during a rally Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018, in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump thanks N.Y. Democrat Dov Hikind for ‘gracious remarks’ on deporting Nazi prison guard

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 20, 2003, file photo, Jakiw Palij, a former Nazi concentration camp guard, stands in front of a building in the Queens borough of New York. The White House says that Palij, a 95-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard has been deported to Germany, 14 years after a judge ordered his expulsion. In a statement, the White House said the deportation of Palij, who lived in New York City, was carried out early Tuesday Aug. 21, 2018. (Suzanne DeChillo/The New York Times via AP, File)

U.S. deports former Nazi camp guard, 95, to Germany

By Michael R. Sisak, David Rising and Randy Herschaft - Associated Press

Rabbi Zev Friedman, dean of the Rambam Mesivta, Orthodox Jewish high school, second from left, speaks as his students protest across the street from the home of a former Nazi prison camp guard whose citizenship has been revoked but hasn't been deported, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of New York. About a 100 students from the school protested the continued presence of Jakiw Palij, 94, who worked as a guard in Trawniki concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland in 1943. Palij has said he was forced to be a guard. New York's legislators have urged the federal government to deport Palij. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Demonstrators protest outside NYC home of former Nazi guard

By DAVID JEANS - Associated Press

NY members of Congress urge deportation of former Nazi guard

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New York lawmakers urge Tillerson to deport Jakiw Palij, former Nazi prison guard living in Queens

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

This Jan. 27, 2012, file photo shows the words 'Arbeit Macht Frei' (Work Sets You Free) at the main entrance of the Sachsenhausen Nazi concentration camp on the international Holocaust remembrance day in Oranienburg, Germany. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Jakiw Palij, accused Nazi guard living in New York, facing requests for deportation

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times