to the Neuengamme main camp
– a nearly two-week trip under inhumane conditions ,
which claimed the lives of some
70 prisoners .
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The decision also cited Berger ’
s admission that he never re- quested a transfer from
con- centration camp guard service and that he continues to
receive a pension from
Germany
based on his employment in Germany
, “ including his wartime ser- vice
.” In 1946
, British
oc- cupation
authorities in Germany charged
SS
Obersturmführer Hans
Griem , who had headed the
Meppen sub-camps , and
oth- er Meppen personnel with war crimes
for “ ill-treatment
and murder of Allied na- tionals .”
Although Griem escaped before trial , the British court tried
and convicted the remaining defen- dants of war crimes in
1947 .
The trial and appeal of the re- moval case were handled by attorneys from DOJ ’ s
Human Rights and Special
Prosecutions
Section ( HRSP
) and from ICE
New
Orleans , Office of the
Principal
Legal Advisor ( Memphis
).
DOJ ’ s Office of Immigration
Lit-
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