Court deals blow to Helmut Oberlander, 94; lifts stay on loss of citizenship
TORONTO — An elderly man has lost a key battle in his fight to stave off deportation for lying to Canadian immigration authorities about his Second World War activities with a Nazi death squad.
In a ruling this week, a Federal Court judge lifted a stay on his earlier decision that the government had been reasonable in stripping citizenship from Helmut Oberlander. In addition, Judge Michael Phelan sharply limited any possibility that Oberlander, 94, could take the case to the Federal Court of Appeal.
Phelan said he was mindful his decision “determines rights of appeal.”
One of Oberlander’s lawyers said on Thursday that next steps were uncertain.