Guide Note: Paul Henss, an accused Nazi war criminal, was deported after U.S. officials started to investigate him in October 2007. Henss returned to Germany in November 2007, choosing not try fight to stay in the U.S. The Atlanta area resident was accused of handling attack dogs at two concentration camps during World War II. Henss admitted to training dogs, but only in Russia, that he had never been to any concentration camp. According to a signed statement from March 2007, Henss also admitted to training the dogs in Germany.

Fast Facts:

1. Paul Hess entered the United States in 1955
2. Hess has admitted that he did not list his involvement with the SS when he immigrated to America
3. Nazi persecution of Jews ispunishable by deportation under U.S. immigration laws

Paul Henss Quotes:

• • "I am not a war criminal, I was 19 years old … Everyone was with the Hitler Youth."
  • "I didn't commit no crimes, I didn't hurt nobody. Otherwise I wouldn't have come to the United States."

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