Nazi war crimes suspect to be deported for new trial in Germany

John Demjanjuk was a former guard at the Sobibor death camp in German-occupied Poland in 1943.


Photo on left shows Mr. Demjanjuk as a young guard at Sobibor. Left photo shows John Demjanjuk as he appears today.

Sentenced to death over 20 years ago by the Israeli authorities as a Nazi war criminal but later freed when fresh evidence undermined the basis of his conviction, Demjanjuk again expects to face charges, this time alleging that he helped to murder many thousands of Jews at a Nazi death camp.

If the case proceeds, with Demjanjuk now 89 and remaining witnesses also elderly, this could be the last such prosecution for crimes committed during the Holocaust.

Mr. Demjanjuk, a retired auto mechanic from Cleveland, Ohio has never changed his name nor tried to hide.

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