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Michigan Man, 88, Investigated by Poland for Alleged Nazi War Crimes

At age 88, John Kalymon is a man stuck in the past.

He lost his U.S. citizenship two years ago after the government said he shot Jews while working in a Nazi-controlled police unit during World War II. Now, Poland is conducting a criminal investigation into what happened nearly 70 years ago in a town called L'viv.

The Justice Department has agreed to help Poland by questioning Kalymon about murder, death camps and other atrocities against Jews that occurred there in 1942.

Read entire article at AP