Originally posted by the Voice of America. Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America, a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in the public domain. Suspected Nazi Commander Living in US Dies at 100 VOA News A Minneapolis carpenter whom the Associated Press exposed as a former Nazi commander -- a charge his family fiercely denied -- has died. According to a Hennepin County, Minnesota, death certificate, Michael Karkoc died last month in a nursing home at age 100. The Ukrainian-born Karkoc came to the United States after World War II in 1949 and led a modest life, working as a carpenter and worshipping at a Ukrainian Orthodox church. .