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Article: Hundreds of Nazi war criminals may be living in Britain.
- Article from:
- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 19, 2005
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Byline: MARTIN DELGADO
HUNDREDS of former Nazis involved in the massacre of civilians during the Second World War may be living in Britain, the Government has admitted.
The Home Office said it had identified 'several hundred' former members of the SS Galician Division who may be in the UK.
The Galician Division committed atrocities after the Germans overran south-eastern Poland and western Ukraine. But 7,100 of its members were allowed into Britain in 1947 after spending two years as prisoners of war in Italy.
Few were questioned about their wartime activities and successive British governments refused requests by campaigners to ...