Canadian Nazi

From Russia Today:
"Canadian beekeeper must face trial for Nazi crimes – rights activists"

One of the most wanted alleged Nazi criminals recently found living quietly in Canada - 91-year-old Vladimir Katriuk - must face trial, says Alla Gerber, the head of the Russian fund Holocaust.

Earlier this week, Canadian media reported that Ukrainian-born Katriuk was found living with his wife on a small farm, keeping bees and selling honey in rural Québec, not far from Montreal.

The man was ranked fourth on the list of top-10 suspected Nazi criminals by the Simon Wiesenthal Center. The move followed a new study – based partly on Soviet declassified documents – alleging that Katriuk was an active participant in a massacre in the Belarusian village of Khatyn during the WW2. The paper states that on March 22, 1943, villagers of the German occupied village were herded into a barn which was then set on fire. Katriuk “reportedly sat behind the stationary machine gun, firing rounds at anyone attempting to escape the flames,” Canada’s ‘National Post’ cited. Jewish rights activists urged Ottawa to reopen the case against Katriuk and strip him of Canadian citizenship. The alleged Nazi criminal emigrated to Canada from Ukraine in 1951. In 1999, the Federal Court ruled Katriuk had been a Nazi collaborator in the past, but found there was no evidence he had participated in atrocities. In 2007, the Cabinet decided not to revoke his citizenship. As the old story takes a new twist, the Canadian government reportedly promised to re-examine the case.  Katriuk denies any involvement in war crimes. Memorial, one of leading Russian rights organizations, agrees, saying that crimes against humanity have no period of limitation and if Katriuk is really guilty of shooting civilians, he must face court, despite his advanced age.

^ I agree with Memorial that war crimes have no statute of limitations. The Canadian Government needs to act on this case right away and strip him of his Canadian citizenship and deport him to Europe where he should be tried for his crimes. I have said this before and I will say it again - just because a criminal isn't caught until they are old doesn't mean they shouldn't get punished for what they did. The Nazis - and their collaborators - murdered everyone from babies to the elderly without thinking twice about what they were doing. The same "consideration" should be given to the elderly criminals now. ^

http://rt.com/politics/katriuk-nazi-ww2-massacre-218/