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Michael Karkoc ((ウクライナ語:Михайло Каркоць)) (born March 6, 1919 in Lutsk, Ukraine) was a military officer who served in the Ukrainian Self Defense Legion (USDL) and later in the Waffen-SS during World War II. In June 2013 a man with the same name who lives in Minnesota was alleged by Associated Press to be the same person.〔() AP report: Commander in Nazi SS-led unit living in Minnesota. MPR News. 2013-06-14〕 The Minnesota Michael Karkoc's son has rejected his father's identification as a "Nazi". ==World War II== According to Associated Press Karkoc was a founding member and a lieutenant in the 2nd Company of the Ukrainian Self Defense Legion. The USDL was one of the battalions of the Schutzmannschaft organized and sponsored by the Nazi German Schutzstaffel, led by the Nazi German SS-Police, and the Nazi German Sicherheitsdienst (SD) SS Intelligence Agency. Following the disbandment of the USDL, he was transferred to the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Ukrainian) "Galizien" ("14th Waffen-SS Division"), where he was an officer and served as a deputy company commander.〔() AP report: Commander in Nazi SS-led unit living in Minnesota. NBC News. 2013-06-14〕 The USDL allegedly took part in war crimes against civilians in Ukraine and Poland.〔 His personal participation in any war crimes has not been demonstrated, but according to AP, Nazi German records suggest that as the lieutenant and company leader he, along with his USDL unit, participated in suppressing the August 1944 Warsaw Uprising, as well as multiple other actions against civilians including the massacres at the villages of Chłaniów and Władysławin on July 23, 1944.〔Grzegorz Motyka, ''Dywizja "SS-Galizien" ("Hałyczyna")'' in ''(Pamięć i Sprawiedliwość )'', nr 1/2002, Warsaw 2002, Instytut Pamięci Narodowej, ISSN 1427-7476, p. 116〕 Some news reports, referencing the AP investigation state that Karkoc served in the 14th Waffen-SS Division and that it helped to suppress the Warsaw Uprising;〔Mattson, Jennifer. June 24, 2013. News article in GlobalPost. Germany investigating alleged Nazi commander living in US since World War II. http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/europe/germany/130624/germany-investigating-alleged-nazi-commander-living-us-w〕〔Bennett, Dashiell. June 14, 2013. News article in Atlantic Wire. This Commander of a Nazi Unit Has Been Living in Minnesota for 60 Years. http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/06/nazis-war-criminal-minnesota/66236/〕 however the Division did not participate in the fighting of the Warsaw Uprising,〔Project InPosterum. Warsaw Uprising 1944: RONA – Russian National Liberation Army (Russkaya Osvoboditelnaya Narodnaya Armiya). http://www.warsawuprising.com/paper/rona.htm〕〔Wasyl Veryha. Along the Roads of World War II. Ukrainian Division "Galicia" in Polish Literature. http://lib.galiciadivision.com/veryha-eng/r02.html〕 nor was it even in Poland at the time.〔Logusz, Michael O. (1997). Galicia Division: The Waffen-SS 14th Grenadier Division 1943-1945. Schiffer Military History: Arglen, PA〕 The USDL was disbanded in November 1944 and the few surviving units were mostly assigned to the 30th Grenadier Division of the Waffen-SS.〔Thomas, Nigel. (2010). Partisan warfare: 1941-1945. Men-at-Arms (Book 142)〕 In the first months of 1945, some of the remaining elements of the USDL, formally known as the 31 SD Schutzmannschafts Battalion, were transferred to the 14th Waffen-SS Division, which was engaged in anti-partisans actions on the Slovenian-Austrian border.〔WOLF-DIETRICH HEIKE.UKRAINISCHE DIVISION "GALIZIEN". Geschichte der Aufstellung und des Einsatzes (1943–1945) 1970, referenced in Wikipedia, 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Ukrainian)〕 Thus if Karkoc had been a member of the 14th Waffen-SS Division, it would have been for a few months before it surrendered to Western Allies by May 10, 1945. According to AP a Nazi German payroll sheet found in Polish archives signed by an SS officer on Jan. 8, 1945, suggests that Karkoc was present in Kraków, Poland, to collect his salary as a member of the USDL.〔Davies, K and AP Reporter, 2013 06 13. News article in Mail Online. Nazi commander pictured enjoying his quiet life in America wearing a WWII HAT: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2342141/Wearing-National-World-War-II-Museum-hat-SS-leader-Michael-Karkoc-tracked-living-American-SIXTY-YEARS. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2342141/Wearing-National-World-War-II-Museum-hat-SS-leader-Michael-Karkoc-tracked-living-American-SIXTY-YEARS.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Karkoc」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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