(Toronto Star-Canada) Bernie M. Farber and Len Rudner - On Thursday, the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear the appeal of Helmut Oberlander, 95, a former member of a Second World War mobile killing unit who has, since 2000, fought to retain his citizenship and to avoid deportation. Oberlander was a translator for an Einsatzgruppen unit; such units were responsible for the murder of more than 1.5 million Jews. While Oberlander was not found to have been directly involved in the murders, without translators, who would have told the doomed Jews to follow the path to the clearing, remove their clothing, and stand naked at the edge of the pit before being shot? Though not charged with war crimes, Oberlander was found to have lied about his wartime activities in order to gain entry to Canada.
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