185:. In the first months of 1945, some of the remaining elements of the USDL, formally known as the 31 SD Schutzmannschafts Battalion, were transferred to the 14th Waffen-SS Division, which was engaged in anti-partisan actions on the Slovenian-Austrian border. Thus if Karkoc had been a member of the 14th Waffen-SS Division, it would have been for a few months before it surrendered to Western Allies by May 10, 1945. According to the AP, a Nazi German payroll sheet found in Polish archives signed by an SS officer on January 8, 1945 suggests that Karkoc was present in
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from the United States in connection with crimes committed during World War II. Prosecutor Robert
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on July 23, 1944. Some news reports, referencing the AP investigation, state that Karkoc served in the 14th Waffen-SS Division and that it helped to suppress the Warsaw
Uprising; however the Division did not participate in the fighting of the Warsaw Uprising, nor was it even in Poland at the time.
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in 2013 and 2014. A German investigation was initiated shortly after the
Associated Press story broke. In July 2015, the investigation was shelved due to Karkoc being deemed not fit to stand trial. In March 2017, the Polish government announced it would be seeking the extradition of an individual
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