This photo of Michael Karkoc was part of his application for German citizenship filed with the Nazi SS-run immigration office on Feb. 14, 1940. Karkoc, who was born in a town of what is today Ukraine, was rejected because of his lack of German language skills, according to the file, found by The AP in the U.S. National Archives in College Park, Md. Karkoc went on to serve as a commander in the SS-led Ukrainian Self Defense Legion. Germany's highest criminal court has ruled that the country has jurisdiction over the case of Karkoc, now 95 and living in Minneapolis, Minn., because he was the "holder of a German office." (AP Photo/U.S. National Archives)
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