A Florida judge ordered on Tuesday the jailing of a 77-year-old man whom prosecutors want to question about his activities during World War II. The judge ordered that Vytautas Gecas be held for up to 18 months or until he responds to allegations that he served with a Nazi-sponsored Lithuanian unit that murdered thousands of Jews and others during the war. Meanwhile, the U.S. Justice Department reported developments regarding two other men who belonged to the same unit: A Chicago court ordered the deportation of Juozas Naujalis of Chicago for his wartime activities, and Kazys Ciurinskas, of Indiana, agreed to leave the United States permanently next week rather than face deportation.
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