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FILE - In this May 2014 file photo, Michael Karkoc works in his yard in Minneapolis. Karkoc, a retired Minnesota carpenter whom The Associated Press exposed as a former commander of a Nazi-led unit accused of war atrocities, died Dec. 14, 2019, according to cemetery and public records. He was 100. His family maintained that he was never a Nazi or committed any war crimes. (Richard Sennott/Star Tribune via AP)

Minnesota man exposed as commander of Nazi-led unit dies

By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI and RANDY HERSCHAFT - Associated Press

FILE - This Undated file photo of Michael Karkoc was part of his application for German citizenship filed with the Nazi SS-run immigration office on Feb. 14, 1940. Polish prosecutors say American authorities are moving ahead with their request to extradite a 99-year-old Minnesota man to be tried on allegations he was involved in a World War II massacre of civilians. (AP Photo/U.S. National Archives, File)

Doctors to examine U.S. man sought by Poland in Nazi case

By Monika Scislowska - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 2014 file photo, Michael Karkoc works in his yard in Minneapolis. Poland's special prosecutors said they have taken steps toward seeking the extradition from the U.S. of Karkoc they accuse of participating in a World War II massacre. The Associated Press had previously identified the man as Karkoc, an ex-commander in an SS-led Nazi unit that burned Polish villages and killed civilians, including women and children, during the war. (Richard Sennott/Star Tribune via AP, File)

Poland moves toward extraditing US man in Nazi case

Associated Press

FILE - In this May 2014 file photo, Michael Karkoc works in his yard in Minneapolis. A court in Poland recently issued an arrest warrant for Michael Karkoc, opening the way for his possible extradition on war crimes charges. Karkoc’s son, Andriy Karkoc, says his 98-year-old father is innocent, and he’s asking U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken to intervene. A spokesman for Klobuchar says the senator believes the matter should be addressed in the criminal justice system. (Richard Sennott/Star Tribune via AP)

Son of US man sought in Nazi case wants evidence released

By AMY FORLITI - Associated Press

Prosecutor Andrzej Pozorski speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, March 13, 2017. Pozorski said that Poland will seek the arrest and extradition of a Minnesota man identified as a Nazi-era commander of an SS-led unit that burned Polish villages and killed civilians in World War II. The man has been exposed by the AP as 98-year-old Michael Karkoc.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Steps left before Minnesota man could face war-crime charges

By STEVE KARNOWSKI and DAVID RISING - Associated Press

In this May 2014 photo, Michael Karkoc works in his yard in Minneapolis. Poland will seek the arrest and extradition of Karkoc, exposed by The Associated Press as a former commander in an SS-led unit that burned Polish villages and killed civilians in World War II, prosecutors said Monday, March 13, 2017. (Richard Sennott/Star Tribune via AP)

Polish court issues arrest warrant for US man in Nazi case

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

The Latest: Nazi hunter praises prosecutors’ arrest efforts

Associated Press

FILE- In this May 22, 1990, file photo, Michael Karkoc is shown in Lauderdale, Minnesota. Germany’s highest criminal court has ruled that the country has jurisdiction over the case of the retired Minnesota carpenter revealed in an Associated Press investigation to be a former commander in a Nazi SS-led unit. The Federal Court of Justice ruled Thursday May 22, 2014 that 95-year-old Michael Karkoc’s service in the SS-led Ukrainian Self Defense Legion made him the “holder of a German office” even though he’s not German himself. Munich prosecutors now must examine the evidence and decide whether to file charges. (AP Photo/The St. Paul Pioneer Press, Chris Polydoroff, File)

APNewsBreak: US Nazi suspect case moves ahead

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

In this May 22, 1990 photo, Michael Karkoc, photographed in Lauderdale, Minn. prior to a visit to Minnesota from Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in early June of 1990. Karkoc a top commander whose Nazi SS-led unit is blamed for burning villages filled with women and children lied to American immigration officials to get into the United States and has been living in Minnesota since shortly after World War II, according to evidence uncovered by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/The St. Paul Pioneer Press, Chris Polydoroff)

Nazi commander discovered living in Minnesota

By David Rising - Associated Press