Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Even in death, his legal battle continues. The JTA News Service reports that attorneys for deceased Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk are trying to restore his U.S. citizenship. They’ve asked a U.S. appeals court to restore his status posthumously. Demjanjuk, a former Cleveland area autoworker, died in Germany in March at age 91….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The decades-long legal case against accused Nazi John Demjanjuk won’t go away. The Cleveland Jewish News is reporting that his defense attorneys on Tuesday filed a motion accusing the Justice Department of withholding evidence and fraud. At the key of accusations is a 1985 FBI memo questioning the authenticity of a…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com John Demjanjuk, the suspected Nazi death camp guard, was convicted in Munich on Thursday of helping force roughly 28,000 Jews to death during World War II, the New York Times reported. The 91-year-old retired American autoworker was then sentenced to five years in prison, but was released pending his appeal. His…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An FBI report is creating a major stir for the Ukranian-born John Demjanjuk, who is on trial in Germany for Nazi war crimes. The Associated Press reported that a newly declassified FBI document from 1985 raises questions about the authenticity of a Nazi ID card that shows Demjanjuk, 90, served at…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Many of them are dead and gone. Some are elderly and sickly. But Justice Department prosecutor Eli Rosenbaum, director of the Justice Department’s Office of Special Investigations, continues to hunt down the elderly Nazis in the U.S. “We’ve sent a loud, clear message that the U.S. is not willing…
As the last of the Nazis die off, this Justice Dept. unit is widening the net and widening the mission to focus more on war crimes beyond World War II. By Carrie Johnson Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Earlier this year, 400 miles from downtown Washington, a Gulfstream IV jet carrying one of the…
A new chapter begins in the tale of suspected Nazi John Demjanjuk after so many have already been written. Will prosecutors get it right this time? By ROLAND LOSCH Associated Press Writer MUNICH — German prosecutors formally charged John Demjanjuk on Monday with 27,900 counts of being an accessory to murder at a Nazi death…
This guy has had more detours than a California freeway under construction. The latest is that he’s supposed to be in Germany by Tuesday. We’ll see. By M.R. Kropko Associated Press SEVEN HILLS, Ohio — Suspected Nazi guard John Demjanjuk is expected to be deported to Germany by Tuesday, a German Justice Ministry spokesman said…
