mr. rudzik served as legal counsel to mr. katriuk over the years .
according to war reports , katriuk was a member of a ukrainian battalion of the ss , the elite nazi storm troops , between 1942 and 1944 .
news of vladimir katriuk ’s death emerged several hours after the canadian centre for israel and jewish affairs said ottawa should take the necessary steps to ensure he be held accountable if he were found guilty of war crimes .
hamburg prosecutors said from oakville , ont .
the russian embassy in berlin ( ap ) — german prosecutors say they ' ve shelved their investigation of a 93 - year - old former ss officer suspected of being part of a wartime massacre of civilians in italy because he 's no longer fit to stand trial .
but he was never extradited because he would have had to consent to it under alleged nazi war criminal vladimir katriuk , a beekeeper of ukrainian ancestry who lived in quebec for more than 60 years , has died just as moscow was preparing a criminal case against him in an effort to embarrass canada .
mr. katriuk , 93 , died last week , his lawyer said .
an official with the second most wanted man on the simon wiesenthal centre ’s lawyer has said .
montreal — the russian embassy in ottawa ripped into the federal government thursday after news emerged that a longtime canadian resident who was no .