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Social Benefits for Nazis ‘Maddening’: Jerusalem Holocaust Memorial

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A loophole that enabled dozens of Nazi war criminals to collect millions of dollars in US Social Security benefits after being forced out of the country is unacceptable, Estee Yaari, a spokesperson for Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem told RIA Novosti.

WASHINGTON, October 22 (RIA Novosti) - A loophole that enabled dozens of Nazi war criminals to collect millions of dollars in US Social Security benefits after being forced out of the country is unacceptable, Estee Yaari, a spokesperson for Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem told RIA Novosti.

“Unfortunately, most of the Nazi criminals and collaborators, who took an active part in the murder of the Jews in the Holocaust were never held accountable for their crimes or were brought to justice,” Yaari wrote to RIA Novosti via email on Tuesday.

“It’s maddening that some of these criminals, who were forced out of the US once their past was uncovered were able to collect social security and live free lives.” There is and can be no statute of limitations on the crimes of the Holocaust, spokesperson stated.

“The least that can be done now is stop these payments and to bring those criminals, who remain alive to justice in their countries,” Yaari added.

Recently the Associated Press (AP) investigated that millions of US dollars in Social Security benefits have been provided to Nazis, who fled the United States before they could be deported. The AP probe uncovered information, which indicates that since 1979 a minimum of 38 of the 66 suspects, who separated from the United States, kept their benefits.

On Monday, the US Department of Justice denied allegations it used social security payments as a bargaining tool to persuade suspected Nazis to leave the country.

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