Former Nazi Labor Camp Guard Deported to Germany 95-year-old Jakiw Palij had been living in Queens, New York City, for decades. His case has been caught up in diplomatic red-tape for years. He's been a U.S. citizen
since 1957, having
immigrated in 1949. He lied to immigration officials about his conduct during the
Second World War, In fact, Palij had been a Nazi guard at the Trawniki Labor Camp in 1943. While he was there, Palij, who was born
in what is now Ukraine, When his citizenship was revoked in 2003, none of the countries to which he could have been deported would take him. Palij's deportation represents the closing of the last active U.S. Justice Department case involving former Nazis.