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zengrenouille
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PostPosted: October 24, 2007 11:13 pm    Post subject: Nazi guard's citizenship revoked Reply with quote

My psychology teacher brought this up in class today, and I was just wondering what you all think about it. This happened last fall. Somehow the government found out that a man living in my hometown had been a guard for a nazi prison camp during WWII. He was drafted at 17, and he served for two years. He has been living in Sharon since 1962, and they never asked him what he did when he served during the war, although they did ask him whether he served when he got his citizenship. Apparently the government now decided that camp guards are too heinous to allow to live here, even theough they are in their 80s anda bove. I will put up the article where he got drafted, and I will also link an article with his side of the story. He is married, and his three children were born and raised in America. He worked at a steel mill in Sharon for 25 years.

This is the article with details of his citizenship being revoked:
http://www.sharon-herald.com/archivesearch/local_story_273011912.html

This is the article about the man. It's lengthy, but interesting if you have the time:
http://www.sharon-herald.com/archivesearch/local_story_154201430.html

What do you guys think? Should his citizenship have been revoked? Why or why not? We debated this in psychology, and it was a lot of fun.
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PostPosted: October 27, 2007 9:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thats Weird! But I don't really think he should have been stripped of his citizen ship. The war was like 60 years ago.
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PostPosted: October 27, 2007 10:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Headmaster wrote:
Thats Weird! But I don't really think he should have been stripped of his citizen ship. The war was like 60 years ago.


i agree, I was drafted it...it's not like he had a choice..
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PostPosted: October 29, 2007 5:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, I feel bad for anyone who was drafted into that mess. What a horrible time in history Crying
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