The St. Paul Pioneer Press, Chris Polydoroff / AP
In this May 22, 1990 ,photo, Michael Karkoc, photographed in Lauderdale, Minn., prior to a visit to Minnesota from Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in early June of 1990. Karkoc, a top commander whose Nazi SS-led unit is blamed for burning villages filled with women and children, lied to American immigration officials to get into the United States and has been living in Minnesota since shortly after World War II, according to evidence uncovered by The Associated Press.
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