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US immigration court ordered deportation of former Nazi supporter [this day at law]
February 2, 2013 by Arjun Mishra
On February 2, 2011, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a Detroit immigration court had ordered the removal of a Michigan resident accused of murdering Jewish people while serving as a member of Nazi-supported Ukrainian Auxiliary Police during World War II. John Kalymon, who.... [more]

Sixth Circuit dismisses posthumous citizenship request for convicted Nazi guard
September 13, 2012 by Keith Herting
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday refused to reconsider a decision to deny a posthumous appeal to restore the citizenship of convicted Nazi guard John Demjanjuk. Demjanjuk, a retired Ohio autoworker convicted of being an accessory to over 28,000 murders as a guard at a.... [more]

Federal appeals court denies Demjanjuk citizenship request
June 29, 2012 by Jamie Reese
The Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Thursday rejected the request to restore the citizenship of John Demjanjuk, a retired Ohio autoworker convicted of being an accessory to over 28,000 murders as a guard at a Nazi extermination camp. Demjanjuk died in a nursing home in March pending an.... [more]

Germany court rejected Spain Demjanjuk extradition request [this day at law]
June 9, 2012 by Cynthia Miley
On June 9, 2011, a Munich court denied Spain's request to extradite retired US autoworker and convicted concentration camp guard John Demjanjuk to stand trial in Madrid. The Spanish National Court had sought Demjanjuk's extradition so he could stand trial on charges of genocide and crimes against.... [more]

Supreme Court justice rejected stay of deportation for accused Nazi guard [this day at law]
May 7, 2012 by Garrett Eisenhour
On May 7, 2009, the US Supreme Court denied an application for a stay of deportation filed by accused concentration camp prison guard John Demjanjuk. Demjanjuk was facing deportation to Germany where he had been charged with 29,000 counts of accessory to murder for his alleged actions at the.... [more]

Convicted Nazi guard Demjanjuk dies at 91
March 18, 2012 by Jaimie Cremeans
John Demjanjuk, a retired Ohio autoworker convicted of being an accessory to over 28,000 murders as a guard at a Nazi extermination camp, died in a nursing home Saturday at the age of 91. Demjanjuk, who was born in Ukraine and later became a US citizen, was convicted in a German court in May and.... [more]

Convicted Nazi guard Demjanjuk claims US withheld evidence
October 20, 2011 by Michael Haggerson
Lawyers for convicted Nazi guard John Demjanjuk filed a request in the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio for a hearing to determine whether the FBI failed to turn over evidence that could have assisted Demjanjuk's case. Demjanjuk was convicted in Germany in May on more than.... [more]

Germany reopens investigations into hundreds of former Nazi death camp guards
October 5, 2011 by Ashley Hileman
German prosecutors intend to reopen hundreds of investigations involving former Nazi death camp guards, according to Wednesday reports. This initiative results from the conviction of John Demjanjuk, a retired US autoworker who served as a guard at a camp in Poland in 1943 and was deported to.... [more]

Germany court rejects Spain Demjanjuk extradition request
June 9, 2011 by Maureen Cosgrove
A Munich court on Thursday denied Spain's request to extradite retired US autoworker and convicted Nazi guard John Demjanjuk to stand trial in Madrid. The Spanish National Court in January sought Demjanjuk's extradition so he could stand trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.... [more]

Germany prosecutors appeal release of convicted Nazi death camp guard Demjanjuk
May 17, 2011 by Aman Kakar
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, a German court in Munich found the 91-year-old Demjanjuk guilty of assisting in the.... [more]



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