By COLlive reporter
Members of the New York Congressional Delegation wrote a letter urging Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to personally seek the deportation of a Nazi prison guard living in Queens.
Led by Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Congressman Joe Crowley (D-NY), and Congressman Dan Donovan (R-NY), the lawmakers asked Tillerson to use his influence to ensure that Jakiw Palij—a convicted Nazi guard—is deported.
They said they didn’t want New Yorkers and Americans to live besides “a painful reminder for Americans who fought against the Nazis or lost loved ones in the Holocaust.”
Jakiw Palij supported the Nazi regime during the Holocaust and served as a guard at the Trawniki camp in Poland, they said. Palij’s American citizenship has been revoked, but he continues to live in New York City. The U.S. government has, to date, unsuccessfully appealed to the German, Ukraine, and Polish governments to accept Palij.
“As a guard at the infamous SS camp in Trawniki, Poland, Mr. Palij was a part of the Nazi genocide machine that killed millions of innocent Jewish men, women and children during the Holocaust,” Nadler said.
“Having escaped authorities after the war, Mr. Palij lied about his Nazi history when he entered the United States. When Justice Department officials uncovered Mr. Palij’s dark past and finally caught-up with him, his American citizenship was revoked.
“Yet he continues to live right here in New York City – a man who contributed to the forced labor and eventual slaughter of tens of thousands of Jewish and other prisoners in the Holocaust is living out his days without facing justice. I hope Secretary Tillerson will treat this case with the urgency it requires so that we can finally make sure Mr. Palij is deported and forced to answer for his crimes.”
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“Those who participated in the atrocities of the Holocaust have no place in our communities,” said Congressman Crowley. “The Nazis’ crimes were beyond heinous, and we have the responsibility to pursue justice on behalf of their victims. I’m proud to join Reps. Nadler and Donovan in urging Secretary Tillerson to decisively step forward and intervene personally so the victims of Jakiw Palij’s crimes see justice done.”
“Jakiw Palij has yet to face justice, and it’s a dishonor to the Jewish people and millions of Holocaust victims that he continues to live freely in New York City,” Congressman Donovan said. “Those complicit in the Holocaust’s atrocities don’t deserve to enjoy the rights they took from others. I hope that Mr. Palij is swiftly deported.”
The letter was signed by Reps. Nita Lowey, Thomas Suozzi, Peter King, Eliot Engel, Adriana Espaillat, Grace Meng, Nydia Velazquez, Lee Zeldin, Kathleen Rice, Jose Serrano, Hakeem Jeffries, Carolyn Maloney, Louise Slaughter, Brian Higgins, Paul Tonko, Yvette Clarke, Gregory Meeks, and Sean Patrick Maloney.
imagine he killed your grandmother?
deport him to the gallows
mida k’neged mida
To let it go and leave him a lone?natsi stay nazi even after life time..any one who can even think to let him leave or stay is not a Jew ..it’s called ערב רב
עם זקן או בלי זקן
I always wonder why people say they are old leave them alone. Did we so quickly forget what the Germans did to the elderly? They and the children were the first to be put to death, if they had no remorse why should we? We aren’t putting him to death, we are just forcing him from our country.
Again to #1- just a simple point to ponder –
if Hitler ימח שמו was alive today he would be an old old man – 128 years old – should we leave him alone?
בשיבה טובה?…
Instead of your “never forget” lip service, speak and listen to a remaining survivor and daven that Hashem brings the ultimate answer to all those that suffered..
#visitaholocaustsurvivortoday
T.H. Israel
Ignore the comment.
To the shockingly brutal #1
Is that what they mean when they say “..and the world just watched but did nothing!…”
Or were you one of the kapos at the time and now celebrating your own 90th birthday?
Maybe a supporter of KKK/Neo Nazi America?
What does your “never to forget” mean?
What is it worth?
How dare you? “He’s not HURTING ANYONE”?
What about the 95 year old mother who had to watch her innocent tiny child murdered, and is hurting till this very moment and never slept a peaceful night since 1943???
ARE YOU FORGETTING WHAT IT SAYS IN THE TORAH ?? IT SAYS YOU MUST WIPE ALL OF THEM OUT!!! IT IS A BIG MITZVAH TO WIPE ALL OF THEM OUT!!!!!!
The man should be put to death. Are you feeling ok!? Who cares how old he is.
Did anyone notice how these SS live so long
“let him be”? Are you serious??
@1&2
the holocaust was not some kid taking another kids candy.
the beatings, cold blooded murders, hanger – oh “it was a long time ago, is is stupid to hold them accountable”
#1 you should be embarrassed of yourself! making a big to do about things that someone did years ago is quite stupid?!!???
Your comment is sickening and if you believe in what you said you’re unfortunately sick yourself.
#2 you’re right according to the sick liberals “view”.
Let him leave!
What happened to NYC’s “sanctuary city” policy?
They should leave him alone. He’s not hurting anyone. It’s important to never forget what happened but making a big to do about things that someone did years ago is quite stupid.