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| An 89-year-old man wanted in Germany on war crimes charges has been given an 11th hour reprieve, shortly after being seized by US agents. | An 89-year-old man wanted in Germany on war crimes charges has been given an 11th hour reprieve, shortly after being seized by US agents. |
| A US federal appeals court granted John Demjanjuk a stay of deportation after his family argued that he was too ill to be transported. | A US federal appeals court granted John Demjanjuk a stay of deportation after his family argued that he was too ill to be transported. |
| Before the stay was granted, officers detained Mr Demjanjuk at his home in Ohio, carrying him out in a wheelchair. | |
| He is accused of being a guard at the Nazi death camp Sobibor in WWII. | He is accused of being a guard at the Nazi death camp Sobibor in WWII. |
| It is not yet clear whether Mr Demjanjuk will be returned to his home following the stay of deportation. | It is not yet clear whether Mr Demjanjuk will be returned to his home following the stay of deportation. |
| Mr Demjanjuk denies the charges, 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, 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 | 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. |