Michael Karkoc, aka the #NENazi.

Michael Karkoc's Nazi history and possible involvement in wartime atrocities is obviously no laughing matter, but with the aid of 70 years of history and 140 characters, tweeters have been having some fun with the hard to believe news that a Third Reich military commander has been living quietly among us for decades.

SEE ALSO: Northeast Nazi's neighbor has sign outside their house that says, "FUCK" [PHOTO]

For your viewing pleasure, we've compiled the 10 funniest #NENazi tweets we've seen below the jump.

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House photo via Abby Simons on Twitter

Karkoc and his Northeast Minneapolis house.

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As the media frenzy surrounding 94-year-old Northeast resident and former Nazi Michael Karkoc builds, one of his neighbors devised a unique way to discourage journalists from traipsing on his property for photos or did-you-have-any-idea-your-neighbor-was-a-Nazi? interviews.

THE BACKSTORY: Nazi commander has been living in Northeast Minneapolis since 1949, report says

Someone placed a sign in the front yard that says, "Reporters Please do not enter property. We have no comment." But the interesting thing is the phrase below that.

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Chris Polydoroff

Michael Karkoc was a Nazi commander before moving to Minneapolis in 1949, remarrying (his previous wife died in 1948), and having four more kids.

You expect to find hipsters, artists, students, and all sorts of interesting folks up in Northeast... but Nazis?

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According to a fascinating report by the Associated Press, there's been at least one of them up in that part of town since 1949 -- Michael Karkoc, a 94-year-old Ukraine native who worked "as an officer and founding member of the SS-led Ukrainian Self Defense Legion and later as an officer in the SS Galician Division," the AP, citing wartime records, writes.

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Image by Tatiana Craine

Minneapolis "ranked in the top 10 for adult entertainment, aka lust," Movoto writes. "Something tells us that doesn't mean karaoke."

Minnesota might be nice, but a new study concludes that Minneapolis is actually quite naughty.

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The City of Lakes rated as the third-most sinful city in the nation in the Movoto real estate blog's list of "The 10 Most Sinful Cities in America."

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Curtis (top right) said watching the demolition was a "nightmare," but some neighbors used the same word to describe the home's condition.

Yesterday, on orders from the property owner, a demolition crew took out a 124-year-old home at 1925 Park Ave. S. in Minneapolis. But it didn't happen before police were called to deal with Nicole Curtis's last-minute efforts to save it.

SEE ALSO: DRE officer on finding drug-using subjects: We went to "shitty areas" like Franklin Ave. & Park Ave.

Curtis is host of the cable TV show Rehab Addict, which is all about fixing up old dilapidated homes and making them vibrant and habitable again. Before police arrived on the scene yesterday, she attempted a "human chain protest" and went inside the house to stop crews from tearing it down. Curtis stood on the porch while a backhoe ripped apart the living room just feet away from her.

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The dormant Suburban World Theater may become the latest historic Uptown property to follow the Uptown Bar and be converted into retail space.

POUR ONE OUT: Uptown Bar demolition photos

But unlike the Uptown Bar, the developer who wants to convert Suburban World (it was known as the Granada Theater before 1954) isn't planning to tear it down and start from scratch.

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Blake McCoy on Twitter

A body was found in the trunk of the gold Lexus in the middle of this picture.

Today, a body was found inside the trunk of a gold Lexus towed to Wreckers Services at Glenwood and Lyndale Avenues in Minneapolis.

SEE ALSO: Minneapolis towing, by the numbers

Details at this point remain scant, though a crime lab was on the scene early this afternoon.

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Fittingly, Minneapolis City Hall will be among the first places in the state to host gay marriages.

Wanna be one of the first gay couples to tie the knot and have your wedding officiated by none other than a smiling Mayor R.T. Rybak to boot? That can be arranged. Just be at Minneapolis City Hall at midnight on August 1 (or whatever night ends up being the first when gay weddings can occur -- the specific date remains in question, but it'll be sometime in early August).

SEE ALSO: Mark Dayton signs gay marriage bill into law

City Hall will be opening as soon as possible the day gay marriages become legal in Minnesota, and according to a city release, there's no better place for a wedding.

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If the city's plan comes to fruition, the property that is currently home to the Strib will look like this in three years.

Zygi Wilf isn't the only one whose wallet got fatter as a result of the Vikings stadium deal. Another big winner was the Star Tribune, as the paper stands to make a pretty penny selling the right-next-to-the-new-stadium property it owns for redevelopment.

SEE ALSO: New Vikings stadium design revealed [IMAGES]

This afternoon, Minneapolis officials unveiled a $400 million plan that would convert the Strib's property, which has a market value of more than $15 million, into downtown's largest park, two office towers, and 300 residential units and retail stores.

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Gilmore's mugshot following his June 16, 2011 arrest.

Conservative activist, blogger, and lawyer John Gilmore has sued the city of Minneapolis for $10 million over a "baseless" June 2011 arrest that made him seem "bigoted, intolerant and prejudiced toward Muslims... Muslim women in particular," the Downtown Journal, citing court filings, reports.

THE BACKSTORY: John Hugh Gilmore, Minnesota Conservatives blogger, arrested for harassing Muslim women [VIDEO]

On that June evening, Gilmore was in downtown Minneapolis for a conservative conference headlined by Andrew Breitbart when he allegedly started harassing two women wearing Muslim headscarves. Witnesses and cops said Gilmore took photos of the women, demanded to know why they were in the U.S., and said things like, "This is America, welcome to America, this is the western world."

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