Former Nazi John Demjanjuk Charged With 29,000 Counts of Accessory To Murder

John Demjanjuk is alleged to be a Nazi war criminal who was a guard at Sobibor and was previously convicted for being Ivan the Terrible at the Treblinka death camp. German authorities have charged him with 29,000 counts of accessory to murder.

Demjanjuk is accused of participating in the murders while he was a guard at the Nazi camp in occupied Poland between March and September 1943.

"In this capacity, he participated in the accessory to murder of at least 29,000 people of the Jewish faith," Munich prosecutors said in a statement.

The 88-year-old Demjanjuk, who lives in a Cleveland suburb, denies involvement.

Demjanjuk's son, John Demjanjuk Jr., said in an e-mailed statement to the AP in Cleveland that his father is suffering from a blood disorder and acute kidney failure, and is not fit for international travel.

"Whatever the Germans decide to do, we will continue to fight for justice in this sad case as there has never been any credible evidence of his personal involvement in even one murder, let alone thousands," Demjanjuk Jr. said. "He has never hurt anyone — before, during or after the war. He is a good person as his family, grandchildren, friends and neighbors have always maintained."

Demjanjuk has previously been found guilty of being a Nazi war criminal in Israel, but that verdict (and the attached death penalty) were overturned by the Israeli Supreme Court because of the spoliation of evidence. Witnesses misidentified him as Ivan the Terrible from the Treblinka camp.

Legalbgl wonders if Demjanjuk is deported from the US (again), can Ford stop paying his union benefits? Demjanjuk was an engineer for Ford at one of Ford's Ohio factories.