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NEWS ABOUT: John Demjanjuk

John Demjanjuk stories: 17 news summaries
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Demjanjuk Farce Is
a Funny Kind of Justice

Prosecution seems to be more about German guilt than alleged war criminal's

Oct 18, 09 5:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - The world's eyes will be on alleged Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk when he stands trial in Germany next month, but this dying old man is a strange candidate to be the last Nazi to be tried, writes Scott Raab. Demjanjuk—regardless of whether he is guilty of serving at... More »

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(AP) - German prosecutors formally charged John Demjanjuk today with 27,900 counts of being an accessory to murder at a Nazi death camp during World War II, reports the AP. The 89-year-old retired auto worker, who was deported from the US in May, faces 15 years for every count. Prosecutors accuse... More »

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Demjanjuk Fit
to Stand Trial, Germany Rules

Accused Nazi death-camp guard, 89, is officially stateless

Jul 3, 09 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - John Demjanjuk is physically able to stand trial for his alleged role as an accessory to murder in a Nazi death camp, German officials ruled today. The family of the retired Ohio autoworker, 89, had said ill health made him unfit, but the only condition doctors imposed was a limit... More »

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 Demjanjuk 
 Taken to 
 German Prison 

Nazi war crimes suspect to hear charges at Munich jail

May 12, 09 5:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Accused Nazi guard John Demjanjuk arrived today in Germany and was taken from Munich airport directly to prison, AP reports. German authorities have charged the retired Cleveland auto worker with being an accessory to the murder of some 29,000 civilians in Nazi-occupied Poland. His deportation from the US sets... More »

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(Newser) - The US has formally deported John Demjanjuk, who left Cleveland for Munich this evening by medical transport plane and should arrive in Germany tomorrow, the Plain Dealer reports. The attorney for the accused Nazi death camp guard said it may be several months before his client is tried on accessory... More »

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Demjanjuk Removed by Ambulance

US set to deport
alleged Nazi; Germany expects him tomorrow

May 11, 09 3:52 PM CDT
(AP) - Suspected Nazi death-camp guard John Demjanjuk was taken from his home by ambulance today as US immigration agents prepared to deport him to Germany. It was not clear where the ambulance was taking the 89-year-old Demjanjuk, who is wanted on a Munich arrest warrant that accuses him of 29,000... More »

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Germany • Poland • murder • appeal • deportation • Nazi • John Demjanjuk • ambulance • arrest warrant

Demjanjuk Won't Contest High Court Decision

Deportation to Germany, trial now await alleged Nazi

May 8, 09 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Alleged Nazi guard John Demjanjuk, 89, will not seek another review of his case by the Supreme Court after the first was dismissed without comment, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. The concession paves the way for the Ohio man’s deportation to Germany, where he is charged as an accessory... More »

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Supreme Court Won't Stop Demjanjuk's Deportation

Options dwindling for alleged Nazi guard

May 7, 09 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - John Demjanjuk's last-ditch efforts to avoid deportation to Germany because of his alleged past as a Nazi guard appear to be hitting a brick wall. Justice John Paul Stevens today rejected without comment his plea to have the Supreme Court stop the deportation, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. His attorneys... More »

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Demjanjuk Asks Supremes
to Block Deportation 

Accused death camp guard argues he is too frail to be sent overseas

May 7, 09 5:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk, 89, has appealed to the Supreme Court to prevent his deportation to Germany, Reuters reports. A federal appeals court ruled last week that the retired autoworker, accused of assisting in the deaths of 29,000 Jews, could be deported to stand trial. His... More »

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(Newser) - A federal appeals court today ruled that alleged Nazi guard John Demjanjuk can be deported to Germany to stand trial, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Demjanjuk’s family had argued that the 89-year-old’s poor health would make the flight tantamount to torture, resulting in a stay last month. An... More »

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 US Seizes Demjanjuk; 
 Court Halts Deportation 

Appeals court will consider family's claims that Demjanjuk is too frail to travel

Apr 14, 09 4:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Accused Nazi guard John Demjanjuk will stay in the US for at least a while longer after a federal appeals court granted him a last-minute stay of deportation, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Six US immigration agents removed Demjanjuk from his home in suburban Cleveland today and drove him away... More »

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 Accused Nazi Guard 
 1 Step From 
 Deportation 

Demjanjuk has one more appeal between him an a German trial

Apr 10, 09 11:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - A federal court today denied John Demjanjuk’s appeal to be granted a stay of deportation, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. The alleged former Nazi concentration camp guard has one more appeal to file. If that fails, the 89-year-old will be sent to Germany to stand trial for being an... More »

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(AP) - An immigration judge today revoked John Demjanjuk's stay of deportation to Germany, clearing the way for the retired autoworker to be sent to Germany to face charges of being a Nazi death camp guard. The 89-year-old suburban Cleveland man, who came to America after World War II, is accused in... More »

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 Accused Nazi 
 Begs US 
 to Keep Him 

He may be deported to Germany for war crimes trial

Apr 1, 09 4:13 PM CDT
(AP) - An American resident with a reputed Nazi past is asking the US to block his deportation to Germany, citing humanitarian reasons. John Demjanjuk, a Ukrainian immigrant who turns 89 this week, is charged in an arrest warrant in Germany with 29,000 counts of acting as an accessory to murder... More »

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(Newser) - A retired Ohio autoworker born in Ukraine is facing charges in the murder of 29,000 Jews during World War II, the AP reports. German authorities allege John Demjanjuk was a guard at the Sobibor concentration camp in Poland between March and September 1943. Demjanjuk, 88, maintains his innocence. He... More »

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Ohio Autoworker Faces
Nazi War Crimes Trial

Nazi hunter seeks extradition of 88-year-old accused of wartime atrocities

Nov 11, 08 3:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Germany's top Nazi hunter is seeking the extradition of a retired Ohio autoworker accused of war crimes, the Times of London reports. The investigator says he finally has conclusive evidence that Ukrainian-born former SS trooper John Demjanjuk, 88, was the man know as Ivan the Terrible, responsible for the deaths... More »

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 Group Makes
 Last Hunt for
 Top Nazis 

Death camp doctor who decapitated Jewish teen heads the list

Apr 30, 08 8:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - A doctor at barbaric Mauthausen concentration camp heads the list of the 10 most-wanted Nazis sought by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, AP reports. Aribert Heim, 93, is believed to be living in South America, and has a $485,000 reward on his head. One witness recalled how the physician-butcher decapitated... More »

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