Helmut Oberlander, the last Canadian tied to Nazi war crimes, dead at 97
For years, it was assumed—or feared—that Helmut Oberlander would die before he could be deported from Canada for alleged Nazi-era war crimes. On Sept. 20, Oberlander obliged, ending arguably the most protracted and frustrating legal proceeding against any suspected war criminal on Canadian soil. He was 97 when he died, surrounded by family, at his […]
Oberlander’s deportation delayed; Canada mum on Russian request
Lawyers have filed an application to the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) asking that the case against 96-year-old former Nazi death squad member Helmut Oberlander be dismissed.
Court upholds former Nazi Helmut Oberlander’s loss of citizenship
Helmut Oberlander, a Ukrainian immigrant who served as an interpreter for the Nazis in a mobile killing unit during the Second World War, lost his appeal to retain his Canadian citizenship on Sept. 27.
Bring the remaining Nazi war criminals to justice
Even 73 years after the Shoah, memories have not faded. How could they when those who enabled the genocide of the Jews still walk among us?
Government has spent $2.1M trying to deport former Nazi Helmut Oberlander
The Canadian government’s attempt to strip a former Nazi mobile death squad member of his Canadian citizenship has taken 23 years and about $2.1 million so far.
Oberlander stripped of Canadian citizenship – again
Helmut Oberlander, 93, of Waterloo, Ont., is accused of having been a member of a Nazi mobile death squad in the Soviet Union during World War II.
