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| Court halts Demjanjuk deportation |
| 2009-04-15 |
| [Jerusalem Post Front Page] A federal appeals court has granted a stay of deportation to Germany for accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk. The court made the ruling shortly after the frail 89-year-old Ukraine native was removed from his suburban Cleveland home by six immigration officers using a wheelchair. He was taken away in a waiting van as family members looked on. His son, John Demjanjuk Jr., had filed motions earlier in the day asking the 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals for a stay of deportation. The government objected. It's unclear if Demjanjuk will be brought back home. German prosecutors claim Demjanjuk, a native of Ukraine, was an accessory to some 29,000 deaths during World War II at the Sobibor camp in Nazi-occupied Poland. Once in Germany, he could be formally charged in court. |
| Posted by:Fred |