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|Image = JakiwPalij.jpg | |||
|fullname = Jakiw Palij | |||
|occupation = Nazi guard (formerly) | |||
|crimes = [[Murder]] <br> [[Anti-Semitism|Anti-Semetism]] | |||
|type of villain = Nazi War Criminal | |||
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'''Jakiw Palij''' (1923 - 2019) was a Nazi guard in the Trawniki Labour Camp. Although he never took part in any massacres, he was still a war criminal as he stood guard while SS guards [[The Holocaust|forced Jewish prisoners to dig their own graves and shot them]], even supposedly playing waltzes by Johann Strauss to drown out the gunfire. He fled to America in 1957. | '''Jakiw Palij''' (1923 - 2019) was a Nazi guard in the Trawniki Labour Camp. Although he never took part in any massacres, he was still a war criminal as he stood guard while SS guards [[The Holocaust|forced Jewish prisoners to dig their own graves and shot them]], even supposedly playing waltzes by Johann Strauss to drown out the gunfire. He fled to America in 1957. | ||
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In 2003, Palij's US citizenship was revoked after his role in the atrocities came to light. However, he remained in the country until 2018 due to no other country accepting him. In 2018 he was finally deported to Germany and died in a care home the next year. | In 2003, Palij's US citizenship was revoked after his role in the atrocities came to light. However, he remained in the country until 2018 due to no other country accepting him. In 2018 he was finally deported to Germany and died in a care home the next year. | ||
[[Category:Deceased]] | [[Category:Deceased]] | ||
[[Category:European Villains]] | [[Category:European Villains]] | ||
[[Category:Villains of World War 2]] | [[Category:Villains of World War 2]] | ||
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[[Category:Elderly]] | [[Category:Elderly]] | ||
[[Category:Modern Villains]] | [[Category:Modern Villains]] | ||
[[Category:Male]] | |||
[[Category:Xenophobes]] | [[Category:Xenophobes]] | ||
[[Category:Anti-Semetic]] | [[Category:Anti-Semetic]] | ||
[[Category:Supremacists]] | [[Category:Supremacists]] | ||
[[Category:Karma Houdini]] | |||
[[Category:Cowards]] | |||
[[Category:Scapegoat]] | |||