WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish prosecutor pursuing a Nazi crimes investigation of a Minnesota man said Thursday that experts will compare the man’s photos with that of a Nazi commander to make sure they are the same person.
The Associated Press has identified the man, Michael Karkoc, as a World War II commander of a unit in the SS-led Ukrainian Self Defense Legion, which is accused of burning villages in Poland. The accusations are based on wartime documents, testimony from other members of the unit and Karkoc’s own Ukrainian-language memoir.
Following the AP story, Poland opened an investigation into the 97-year-old …read more
Source: KXAN
