Demjanjuk’s death hastened by medication, complaint says

Published on June 14, 2012

An attorney for convicted Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk filed a complaint with German prosecutors claiming that his death was hastened by medication administered at a nursing home in Bavaria.

Former Nazi Guard John Demjanjuk dies at 91

Published on March 17, 2012

John Demjanjuk, the Cleveland auto worker convicted as a death camp guard, died in a German nursing home.

German Court Convicts Demjanjuk

Published on May 12, 2011

FBI report calls Demjanjuk evidence a forgery

Published on April 14, 2011

A secret FBI report from 1985 suggests a key piece of evidence in the trial of accused Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk in Munich may have been a KGB forgery. The German court announced Thursday that it would not suspend the trial over the document, and critics say the old report reflects outdated information.

Demjanjuk threatens hunger strike

Published on February 23, 2011

Accused Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk said he will start a hunger strike in two weeks unless new evidence is introduced in his trial in Germany. On Tuesday, the day scheduled for final arguments in his 16-month trial in Munich, Demjanjuk was brought into the courtroom holding a sign bearing the number 1627, the number of a file that defense attorney Ulrich Busch says might hold the key to his client's release.

Expert cannot confirm Demjanjuk signature

Published on February 9, 2011

A handwriting expert witness failed to confirm whether a signature on a Nazi death camp ID card was that of John Demjanjuk. In testimony at one of the last sensational war crimes trials in Germany, handwriting expert Beate Wuellbeck last week told the Munich state court that not enough letters were clear on the Sobibor identification card and thus she could not verify the authenticity of the signature.

Spain Indicts Demjanjuk for Crimes Against Humanity

Published on January 19, 2011

The Supreme Court of Spain has indicted accused Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk on charges of being an accessory to genocide and crimes against humanity. The court on Jan. 14 requested an international arrest warrant for Demjanjuk, who is accused of being a Nazi concentration camp guard. The court issued the ruling a week earlier but did not make it public until Jan. 14.

Demjanjuk’s ill health postpones trial

Published on May 20, 2010

The trial of accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk was postponed for the third day due to his ill health.

Demjanjuk arrives in Germany

Published on May 12, 2009

John Demjanjuk must be put on trial "as quickly as possible," a German Jewish leader said.