By Daniel Miller PUBLISHED: 04:29 EST, 7 December 2012 | UPDATED: 07:08 EST, 7 December 2012 Former Nazi guard Anton Geiser, 88, has appealed against a deportation ruling arguing he was forced to serve in the SS A former Nazi concentration camp guard, who has lived in the U.S. for more than 50 years, has launched an appeal arguing he should not be deported because he was forced to join the SS as a teenager. The case of Anton Geiser, 88, was yesterday being heard at the Board of Immigration Appeals in Falls Church, the nation's highest immigration court, where his lawyer argued that he had served in Hitler's army against his will.
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Anton Geiser, 88, claims he was forced to join the SS as a 17-year-old
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He has lived in Sharon, Pennsylvania for over 50 years
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He didn't tell his family about his Nazi service until 2004
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Justice department lawyers said he engaged in 'crimes against humanity'
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