KommentariiZatyazhnoe pravosudie09.04.2009Byvshy Demyanyuk concentration camp guard fighting extradition to GermaniyuV Monday John Demyanyuk suspected of collaborating with the Nazis, was deported from the United States to Germany, where he is expected to be indicted of supporting the killing of some 29 thousand Jews captives. Reported AFP.
Medical aircraft, carrying Demyanyuk be taken, presumably, in Munich, went from the International Airport Cleveland, Ohio.
Demyanyuka warrant of arrest was issued by German authorities in March 2009. At the same time, Berlin demanded his extradition from the United States, but extradition was delayed due to the fact that lawyers Demyanyuka 89-year-old insisted his poor health, which they said would not allow him to transfer many hours flight.
Nevertheless, the U.S. court, having considered the Ministry of Justice medical records, has decided that Demyanyuk healthy enough for extradition. Attempts Demyanyuka to challenge the expulsion of the Supreme Court of United States and the administrative court in Berlin also failed.
According to the investigation, John Demyanyuk during World War II served as a guard at concentration camp in Sobibor, located on the territory of Poland.
Born in the Ukrainian SSR, Demyanyuk in 1952 moved to the United States, which has replaced the name of Ivan to John. In 1986, it deported to Israel, where he was convicted of collaboration with the Nazis to death. Subsequently, the court found him guilty verdict overturned and unproven.
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