CAMDEN, N.J., April 15 (UPI) -- A New Jersey man who admitted being a guard at three Nazi slave-labor camps was stripped of his U.S. citizenship by a federal judge in Camden.
Justice Department officials have yet to decide whether they will seek to expel Andrew Kuras, 81, of Mays Landing, from the country, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported Thursday.
Kuras is the ninth New Jersey resident accused of having participated in Nazi crimes during World War II. Three of seven who were stripped of their citizenship -- one case was dropped -- were deported to Germany. The others died.
"As a former armed guard at Nazi slave-labor camps, whose admitted duty was to prevent the escape of Jewish prisoners from those camps, Andrew Kuras was never eligible to obtain United States citizenship," said Eli Rosenbaum, director of the Office of Special Investigations.
Since 1979, the office has won cases against 94 people who worked with the Nazis, according to the Justice Department. Of those, 60 have been expelled.
Being stripped of citizenship means Kuras will not be permitted to vote, collect government benefits, or possess a U.S. passport.
