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Germany prosecutors appeal release of convicted Nazi death camp guard Demjanjuk

May 17, 2011 08:49:16 AM

German prosecutors said Monday they are appealing a German court's decision to release Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk after he was convicted of helping murder thousands during the Holocaust. Last Thursday,...

May 12, 2011 11:00:48 AM

A German court on Thursday convicted retired US autoworker John Demjanjuk of helping to murder thousands during the Holocaust, sentencing him to five years in prison and then releasing him pending appeal. The judge...

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Accused Nazi goes on trial in Hungary

May 5, 2011 11:10:23 AM

A Hungarian court on Thursday began the trial of accused Nazi Sandor Kepiro, charged with war crimes committed during the 1942 Novi Sad massacre in Serbia. Kepiro, 97, was named as the world's most wanted Nazi war crimes suspect...

May 3, 2011 12:08:32 PM

The lawyer for accused Nazi guard John Demjanjuk called for acquittal Tuesday as he presented his closing arguments in a German courtroom. Defense lawyer Ulrich Busch also argued that Demjanjuk should be awarded damages...

April 13, 2011 01:30:39 PM

The lawyer for alleged Nazi concentration camp guard John Demjanjuk requested Wednesday that Demjanjuk's trial for accomplice to murder be suspended in order to investigate an Associated Press report stating that a recently...

March 22, 2011 02:10:57 PM

Germany prosecutors called Tuesday for a six-year sentence in the trial of John Demjanjuk , accused of having helped to murder 27,900 Jews at the Sobibor death camp during his time as a guard there....

February 14, 2011 03:26:57 PM

Hungarian prosecutors on Monday charged long-time Nazi suspect, Sandor Kepiro, with war crimes committed during the 1942 Novi Sad massacre in Serbia. Kepiro was convicted both in 1944 and 1946 and sentenced to 10 years for involvement in the...

February 3, 2011 07:45:05 AM

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday that the Detroit Immigration Court has ordered the removal of a Michigan man accused of killing Jews while serving as a member of the Nazi-sponsored...

January 14, 2011 12:59:20 PM

The Spanish National Court announced Friday that they are seeking the extradition of alleged Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk so he can stand trial on charges relating to his alleged...

November 23, 2010 02:15:51 PM

Alleged Nazi death camp prison guard John Demjanjuk issued a statement on Tuesday accusing the German judges conducting his trial of bias after the they rejected a number of defense petitions. In total,...

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