John Demjanjuk: Germany

Sobibor Death Camp Dept: BERLIN - John Demjanjuk was convicted of being a low-ranking guard at the Sobibor death camp, but his 35-year fight on three continents to clear his name a legal battle that had not yet ended when he died Saturday at age 91 made him one of the best-known faces of Nazi prosecutions, according to Winnipeg Free Press. It has opened the floodgates to hundreds of new investigations in Germany, though his death serves as a reminder that time is running out for prosecutors and fILE - In this March 22, 2011 file picture John Demjanjuk arrives at the court in Munich, southern Germany. German police say John Demjanjuk,who was charged with 28,060 counts of accessory to murder and convicted last year of serving as a Nazi death camp guard, has died. Rosenheim police official Kilian Steger told The Associated Press the 91-year-old died Saturday March 17, 2012 at the home for elderly people in southern Germany where he stayed since the end of his trial in Munich last year. Demjanjuk, a retired Ohio autoworker, was deported to Germany in 2009 to face trial after being stripped of his U.S. citizenship. AP Photo/ Lukas Barth,Pool, File The conviction of the retired Ohio autoworker in a Munich court in May on 28,060 counts of being an accessory to murder, which was still being appealed, broke new legal ground in Germany as the first time someone was convicted solely on the basis of serving as a camp guard, with no evidence of involvement in a specific killing. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.