This is a list of denaturalized former

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, that is, those who became citizens through

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and were subsequently stripped of citizenship. In the cases of

Solomon Adler Solomon Adler (August 6, 1909 – August 4, 1994) worked as United States Department of the Treasury, U.S. Treasury representative in China during World War II. Adler was identified by Whittaker Chambers and Elizabeth Bentley as a Soviet spy and r ...

and

Bhagat Singh Thind Bhagat Singh Thind (October 3, 1892 – September 15, 1967) was an Indian American writer and lecturer on spirituality who served in the United States Army during World War I and was involved in a Supreme Court case over the right of India ...

, they subsequently obtained United States citizenship.

Frank Walus Frank Walus (1922-1994) was born in Germany of Polish parents and emigrated to the United States in 1963. He worked in a factory in the Chicago area and became a US citizen in 1970. In 1973 he was accused of having been a Nazi who beat and killed Je ...

's nationality was restored after doubts emerged as to the accuracy of the complaints against him and his conviction was quashed. According to a February 2, 2011 release from the

United States Department of Justice The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United State ...

, since 1979, the federal government has stripped 107 people of citizenship for alleged involvement in war crimes committed during

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through the efforts of the Office of Special Investigations (OSI). An unabridged 600-page Justice Department report obtained by ''

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'' in 2010 stated, "More than 300 Nazi persecutors have been deported, stripped of citizenship or blocked from entering the United States since the creation of the O.S.I." The ''

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'' reported in 2008 that five such denaturalized men could not be deported as no country would accept them, and that four others had died while in the same situation. Others have been stripped of their citizenship for more mundane crimes; unless otherwise noteworthy, these people are not included on this list. Some of the people on the list below agreed after legal consultation and/or Department of State communications to give up their United States citizenship/nationality in order to avoid legal prosecution and/or exhaustive deportation/removal proceedings, which does not constitute voluntary relinquishment of citizenship as contrasted with the

list of former United States citizens who relinquished their nationality This is a list of notable former United States citizens who voluntarily relinquished their citizenship, and through that act, their nationality. It includes only public figures who completed the process of relinquishment of United States citize ...

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Key of reasons Hiding World War II crimes or association with the Nazis
Serious crimes, suspicion of spying, or association with terrorists
All other reasons

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Secret Justice Department Report Details How the U.S. Helped Former Nazis
obtained by ''The New York Times''
US parade magazine May 2008 Profiles of over 20 Nazi War Criminals in the United States
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Denaturalized Denaturalization is the loss of citizenship against the will of the person concerned. Denaturalization is often applied to ethnic minorities and political dissidents. Denaturalization can be a penalty for actions considered criminal by the state ...

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