Appeals court - Demjanjuk was a Nazi camp guard

Saturday, May 1, 2004

CINCINNATI -- A federal appeals court Friday upheld a judge's decision to strip retired autoworker John Demjanjuk of U.S. citizenship, saying the government had proven he was a Nazi death-camp guard. The Justice Department said afterward it will begin what could be a years-long process to force the Ukranian-born Demjanjuk to leave the United States. The unanimous ruling from the three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the government had provided "clear, unequivocal and convincing evidence" of Demjanjuk's guard service.

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