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| US immigration agents have seized an 89-year-old man at his Ohio home ahead of deportation to Germany to face trial for alleged Nazi war crimes. | US immigration agents have seized an 89-year-old man at his Ohio home ahead of deportation to Germany to face trial for alleged Nazi war crimes. |
| John Demjanjuk is accused of being an accessory to the deaths of some 29,000 people at the Sobibor death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland in World War II. | John Demjanjuk is accused of being an accessory to the deaths of some 29,000 people at the Sobibor death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland in World War II. |
| His family argue that Mr Demjanjuk, who was carried out of his home in a wheelchair, is too ill to be deported. | His family argue that Mr Demjanjuk, who was carried out of his home in a wheelchair, is too ill to be deported. |
| Lawyers for Mr Demjanjuk have filed an appeal against the deportation order. | Lawyers for Mr Demjanjuk have filed an appeal against the deportation order. |
| Mr Demjanjuk denies the charges against him, claiming that he was captured by the Germans in his native Ukraine during the war and kept as a prisoner of war. | Mr Demjanjuk denies the charges against him, claiming that he was captured by the Germans in his native Ukraine during the war and kept as a prisoner of war. |
| Israeli trial | Israeli trial |
| He arrived in the US in 1952 as a refugee, settling in Cleveland, Ohio, where he worked in the automobile industry. | He arrived in the US in 1952 as a refugee, settling in Cleveland, Ohio, where he worked in the automobile industry. |
| DEMJANJUK CASE TIMELINE 1952: Gains entry into the US, claiming he spent most of the war as a German prisoner1977: First charged with war crimes, accused of being "Ivan the Terrible"1981: Stripped of US citizenship 1986: Extradited to Israel1993: Israeli Supreme Court overturns conviction, ruling that he is not Ivan the Terrible2002: Loses US citizenship after a judge said there was proof he worked at Nazi camps2005: A judge rules in favour of deportation to his native Ukraine2009: Germany issues an arrest warrant for him; US immigration agents seize him at his home Profile: John Demjanjuk | |
| In 1988, Mr Demjanjuk was sentenced to death in Israel for crimes against humanity after Holocaust survivors identified him as the notorious "Ivan the Terrible", a guard at the Treblinka death camp. | In 1988, Mr Demjanjuk was sentenced to death in Israel for crimes against humanity after Holocaust survivors identified him as the notorious "Ivan the Terrible", a guard at the Treblinka death camp. |
| Israel's highest court later overturned his sentence and freed him, after newly unearthed documents from the former Soviet Union indicated that "Ivan the Terrible" had probably been a different man. | Israel's highest court later overturned his sentence and freed him, after newly unearthed documents from the former Soviet Union indicated that "Ivan the Terrible" had probably been a different man. |
| Mr Demjanjuk returned to the US, but in 2002 had his US citizenship stripped because of his failure to disclose his work at Nazi camps when he first arrived as a refugee. | Mr Demjanjuk returned to the US, but in 2002 had his US citizenship stripped because of his failure to disclose his work at Nazi camps when he first arrived as a refugee. |
| In 2005, a US immigration judge ruled that he could be deported to Germany, Poland or Ukraine. | In 2005, a US immigration judge ruled that he could be deported to Germany, Poland or Ukraine. |
| Germany issued a warrant for his arrest last month, and his family have been fighting to prevent him from being deported ever since. | Germany issued a warrant for his arrest last month, and his family have been fighting to prevent him from being deported ever since. |