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By Jeannie Reall
CORRESPONDENT
Published: October 20, 2014 3:52 pm ET
Updated: October 20, 2014 4:02 pm ET
AKRON, OHIO — A one-time plastics executive in Akron is among dozens of suspected former Nazis who have been collecting U.S. Social Security payments for years, the Associated Press reports today.
Jakob Denzinger, 90, who once operated Pioneer Plastics Corp. in the Akron suburb of Green Township, fled the U.S. in 1989 after he was accused of having been a guard at six German concentration camps, including Auschwitz, during World War II. He now lives in Croatia, where he collects $1,500 a month in Social Security payments from the U.S. government, according to the two-year AP investigation.
Plastics News reported the accusations against Denzinger in 1989.
Denzinger was admitted to the U.S. from West Germany in 1956 and became a naturalized citizen in 1972. He founded Pioneer Plastics in 1982, but has not owned the company “for many years,” according to Akron lawyer William G. Chris, Pioneer’s legal agent, who would not disclose any further information when contacted by phone Oct. 20.
Pioneer operates a 56,000-square-foot facility on a 6 1/2-acre site in Akron. According to its website, the company specializes in high-volume runs and operates presses with clamping forces of 90-725 tons. | |
