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US judges throw out 'Nazi' appeal | US judges throw out 'Nazi' appeal |
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A US appeals court has denied a stay of deportation to alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk, who is wanted in Germany on war crimes charges. | A US appeals court has denied a stay of deportation to alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk, who is wanted in Germany on war crimes charges. |
The ruling allows for the 89-year-old Ohio resident to be deported - although the appeals process is not exhausted. | |
A stay of deportation was granted earlier in April after federal agents briefly removed him from his home. | A stay of deportation was granted earlier in April after federal agents briefly removed him from his home. |
His family said he was too ill to be moved but the government has filed video showing him walking unassisted. | His family said he was too ill to be moved but the government has filed video showing him walking unassisted. |
Mr Demjanjuk denies charges of being a guard at the Sobibor death camp in World War II. | |
He claims he was captured by the Germans in his native Ukraine during the war and kept as a prisoner of war. |