First ever Brit investigated over 'role in Nazi war crimes' amid claims he took part in death camp shootings
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A British pensioner was the first in the country to be investigated over his alleged role in Nazi war crimes.
Stanislaw Chrzanowski, 96, faced claims he was part of a death camp shooting squad during the Holocaust.
He came to the UK after being captured during World War Two and lived in Telford, Shropshire, for much of his life.
Mr Chrzanowski died last October unaware he was facing investigation.
The claims first surfaced when his stepson John Kingston went to police in the 1990s.
He believed his stepfather may have been a Nazi killer because of stories he had told when Mr Kingston was a child.
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Mr Kingston also travelled to Slonim where he said witnesses told him they saw his stepfather helping Nazis shooting prisoners at pits in the forest, the BBC reports.
Mr Chrzanwski was interviewed by the Met police's war crimes unit at the time but it was deemed there was not enough evidence to prosecute.
But the case was reopened by prosecutors in Munich, Germany, and they are now looking at other possible suspects who might be in the UK.
Mr Chrzanwski had always denied he was a war criminal.