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2-Min. Bio: Accused Nazi John Demjanjuk

Dec. 1, 2009
The retired Ohio autoworker was convicted and then exonerated of being the infamous "Ivan the Terrible." Now his trial on separate charges has begun in a German court
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Trial of accused death camp guard begins

MUNICH, Germany, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- The trial of retired U.S. autoworker John Demjanjuk, accused of helping force 27,900 Jews to their deaths in the Holocaust, began in Munich, Germany, Monday.

High court asked to stop deportation

WASHINGTON, May 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court was asked Wednesday to stop the deportation of an ailing accused World War II Nazi death camp guard who faces trial in Germany.

Suspected Nazi loses deportation appeals

CINCINNATI, May 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati said Friday suspected Nazi John Demjanjuk's reprieve against his planned deportation to Germany has been rejected.

Appeals court to decide Demjanjuk fate

CINCINNATI, April 25 (UPI) -- Attorneys for accused Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk say he is too old and frail to travel from Ohio to Germany to stand trial.

Judge orders halt to Demjanjuk deportation

ARLINGTON, Va., April 4 (UPI) -- A U.S. immigration judge says accused Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk can stay in Ohio for now, halting his deportation to Germany.

Demjanjuk to be deported during weekend

CLEVELAND, April 3 (UPI) -- The Cleveland-area man accused of helping to kill 29,000 people at a Nazi death camp in Poland will be deported to Germany this weekend, officials said.

Demjanjuk charged in Nazi camp deaths

MUNICH, Germany, March 12 (UPI) -- German prosecutors have charged 88-year-old retired Ohio autoworker John Demjanjuk with complicity in the deaths of 29,000 Jews at a Nazi concentration camp.

Accused Nazi likely to remain in U.S.

CLEVELAND, April 5 (UPI) -- John Demjanjuk, the retired autoworker accused of being a Nazi concentration camp guard, appears likely to live out his days in the United States.

Demjanjuk deportation requested

CLEVELAND, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- The Justice Department said Friday it has asked an immigration judge to deport John Demjanjuk, a retired Ohio autoworker and former SS camp guard.

Court: Demjanjuk was Nazi camp guard

CINCINNATI, April 30 (UPI) -- A U.S. appeals court in Cincinnati ruled Friday there is "convincing evidence" retired Cleveland autoworker John Demjanjuk was a Nazi camp guard.
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