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October 21, 2014

Report: U.S. Spent Millions on Social Security Benefits for Nazi War Crime Suspects 
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The United States has spent millions of dollars on Social Security
benefits for suspected Nazi war criminals. An Associated Press
investigation found the payments have continued under a legal loophole
through which Nazis were persuaded to leave the United States in return
for keeping their benefits. Surviving recipients of the taxpayer-funded
benefits include Jakob Denzinger, a former Auschwitz guard now living in
Croatia. On Monday, White House spokesperson Eric Schultz said the White
House opposes the payments, but he did not outline any plans for ending
them.

 

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