Suspected Nazi War Criminal Found In Metro Atlanta

[eppur_se_muova]

Source: wsbtv.com

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- Nazi hunters have tracked a suspected World War II concentration camp guard to Lawrenceville.

Members of the Justice Department's elite Nazi tracking force said Paul Henss, 85, served as a prison guard and attack dog handler at the notorious Dachau and Buchenwald Concentration Camps in Nazi Germany.

The Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security have asked an immigration judge in Atlanta to deport Henss.

Officials said Henns entered the United States in 1955 after concealing his concentration camp service.

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[CottonBear]

1. Yikes! A Nazi war criminal in suburban Gwinnett County.

:(

[onehandle]

11. He'd fit right in considering how Gwinnett votes.

No, I'm not calling them Nazis, but there would be a fair amount of agreement.

[hlthe2b]

2. Sadly, I'm not surprised he was living in Lawrenceville...

It is among those little towns turned Atlanta suburbs that has yet to come fully into the 21st century and is among those that harbor quite a few white supremacists/KKK members and sympathizers.

[Selatius]

3. Sounds like the Justice Dept. could continue to smoke out the town for bombmaking 1960s Klansmen

More than a few places were bombed or torched by the Klan in those days.

[emilyg]

5. Exactly what I was going to post.

Glad they got him.

[Cirque du So-What]

4. So...what was his position in the local GOP? N/T

[lonestarnot]

13. Good damn question!

[shain from kane]

6. Newt decided not to run. Harboring a fugitive in his closet. n/t

[BridgeTheGap]

7. When will the g.o.p. nominate him for a congressional seat?

No Nazis left behind.

[hlthe2b]

8. At this rate, the GOP will have no constituency...

:evilgrin:

[Lautremont]

9. Suspected Nazi War Criminal Found In Metro Atlanta Living Next Door To Aspiring Nazi War Criminal

[CottonBear]

10. Gwninnett County, GA: home of Ralph Reed, the Runaway Bride and Nazis.

:(

[Sequoia]

12. I've driven through that town. Sort of tucked away from the fan fare.

[sgsmith]

14. Gwinnett County - also home to a very diverse set of people

I live in Gwinnett. Just googled the guy's name and address and found out that I pass his subdivision every time I go to my mom's house!

While Gwinnett isn't perfect (and face the truth, even places like New York city harbor racists), it is an extremely diverse area. My subdivision has the following living here: African Americans, South Africans, Iranian, Cuban, Mexican, Korean, Japanese, Croatian, Canadian, Vietnamese and who knows what other nationalities are represented. The vast majority of people are from somewhere else, with an amazing number of New York and New Jersey transplants. No one is burning crosses. No one is vandalizing homes. No one is hasselling the gay kids or the transsexual woman.

[sarcasmo]

15. Maybe it will take us this long to find Osama.

[bluestateguy]

16. Too bad he wasn't at Dachau when the Americans liberated it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dachau_massacre

[mitchum]

18. Well, the only good nazi is a dead nazi

[Diamond Dave]

19. I hate Gwinnett County Nazis!

[SayWhatYo]

20. Everyone always ignores the American war crimes...

I guess people like to think we were better than the nazis...

[Canuckistanian]

17. They found Cheney's secret bunker?

I hear the guy was just working as the bartender.

[RainDog]

21. Russ Bellant was tracking this issue in 1991

as in his book Old Nazis, New Right and the Republican Party


From Library Journal
Bellant convincingly documents three arguments in this short, journalistic book. First, many people who had been active in Nazi or pro-Nazi groups in Eastern Europe in the 1930s and 1940s subsequently came to this country, often under the auspices of the Displaced Persons Commission. Second, many of these emigres then became active in political and ethnic groups affiliated with the Republican Party, providing financial and electoral support and crusading relentlessly against Communism. Third, and most important, some of the most unsavory elements of the anti-Communist right gained a foothold in official foreign policy circles under Reagan. Bellant's case is strong and disturbing, but his book is terribly organized, and the meaningful arguments are mixed in with overstated claims (especially the suggestions of a fascist conspiracy) and charges based only on political disagreement, not malfeasance. An optional purchase.
-Timothy Christenfeld, Columbia Univ.