John Demjanjuk

@Ukrainian Men, Life Achievements and Facts ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ John Demjanjuk was a former Nazi guard in the Sobibór extermination camp in the occupied Poland, convicted in Germany for assisting in the murder of 28,060 Jews. American Ukrainian Criminals War Criminals Aries Celebrities John Demjanjuk was a former Nazi guard in the Sobibór extermination camp in the occupied Poland, convicted in Germany for assisting in the murder of 28,060 Jews. During World War II, he was drafted into the Soviet Red Army and became a German Prisoner Of War (POW). After undergoing special training, he became a camp guard. After the war was over, Demjanjuk changed his name from ‘Ivan’ to ‘John’ and became an American citizen. However, investigations proved that he had hidden information about his Nazi past to get the US citizenship. In spite of his steadfast denial of any involvement in the Nazi holocaust, 11 holocaust survivors identified him as ‘Ivan the Terrible’ who supplied gas to the Nazis. He was freed due to insufficient evidence and his citizenship was reinstated but he was again deported to Germany when the German federal court charged him with accessory to murder. He was found guilty and sentenced to five years in prison. However, Demjanjuk died before his appeal could be heard. This meant he was legally innocent and died as a free countryman. This was the first time in German legal history that a camp guard was tried even though there was no concrete evidence of him being involved in the genocide of Jews.

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Birthday: April 3, 1920 Died on: March 17, 2012 Nationality: Ukrainian, American Famous: Ukrainian Men, Criminals, War Criminals Nick names: Ivan the Terrible Birth Place: Dubovi Makharyntsi, Berdychiv uyezd, Kiev Governorate, Ukrainian People's Republic Born Country: Ukraine Information Detail Birthday April 3, 1920 Died on March 17, 2012 Nationality Ukrainian, American Famous Ukrainian Men, Criminals, War Criminals Nick names Ivan the Terrible Birth Place Dubovi Makharyntsi, Berdychiv uyezd, Kiev Governorate, Ukrainian People's Republic Born Country Ukraine Gender Male Sun Sign Aries Born in Dubovi Makharyntsi, Berdychiv uyezd, Kiev Governorate, Ukrainian People's Republic Famous as War Criminal Died at Age 91

Dubovi Makharyntsi, Berdychiv uyezd, Kiev Governorate, Ukrainian People's Republic

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John Demjanjuk died at a home for the elderly in Bad Feilnbach, Germany on 17 March 2012, at the age of 91. Unsplash Personal Life

On 31 March 2012, he was buried at a secret US location, now the Ukrainian section of the Brooklyn Heights cemetery in Parma Ohio. Unsplash Personal Life

On 12 April 2012, Demjanjuk's attorney appealed to posthumously restore his US citizenship, which was overruled by the 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati. Unsplash Personal Life

Demjanjuk was born in Dubovi Makharyntsi, Berdychiv uyezd, Kiev Governorate, Ukrainian Replublic on 3 April 1920. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He grew up and survived the famine in Ukraine called the Holodomor. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Initially, Demjanjuk was a tractor driver on a Soviet collective farm. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1941, when Germany attacked Soviet-occupied Poland, he was included into the Red Army. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

After the Soviet soldiers were defeated in a battle in Eastern Crimea, Demjanjuk became a German prisoner of war and was moved to a Nazi German concentration camp. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In October 1983, Israel issued a request for Demjanjuk to stand trial in the Israeli court under the Nazis and Nazi Collaborators Law of 1950. Unsplash Trials

He was deported to Israel and his trial took place in the Jerusalem District Court between 26 November 1986 and 18 April 1988. He was charged with being the "Ivan the Terrible" who worked in the Nazi death camps. Unsplash Trials

The trial ended in April 1988 with a conviction and the Israeli court sentenced him to death by hanging. Unsplash Trials

In August 1993, a higher appeal was made to Israeli Supreme Court and the initial ruling against him was dismissed because of lack of proper evidence. Unsplash Trials

In 1988, the United States reinstated his citizenship. Unsplash Trials

Information	Detail
Birthday	April 3, 1920
Died on	March 17, 2012
Nationality	Ukrainian, American
Famous	Ukrainian Men, Criminals, War Criminals
Nick names	Ivan the Terrible
Birth Place	Dubovi Makharyntsi, Berdychiv uyezd, Kiev Governorate, Ukrainian People's Republic
Born Country	Ukraine
Gender	Male
Sun Sign	Aries
Born in	Dubovi Makharyntsi, Berdychiv uyezd, Kiev Governorate, Ukrainian People's Republic
Famous as	War Criminal
Died at Age	91

John Demjanjuk

Ukrainian

Apr 3, 1920

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Dubovi Makharyntsi, Berdychiv uyezd, Kiev Governorate, Ukrainian People's Republic