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U.S. v. WITTJE

No. 04-3517.

422 F.3d 479 (2005)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph WITTJE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 1, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey L. Menkin (argued), Department of Justice Office of Special Investigations, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Joseph T. McGinness (argued), Cleveland, OH, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before EASTERBROOK, MANION, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

MANION, Circuit Judge.

During World War II Joseph Wittje was a member of the Waffen SS, the paramilitary component of the Nazi Party. In 1950 he obtained a visa and entered this country. He became a citizen in 1959. He now appeals from a decision of the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois revoking his United States citizenship. We affirm.

I.

Joseph Wittje, an ethnic German, was born in 1920 and grew up in Deutsch St. Michael, an...

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