He was not “Ivan the Terrible”, but one of the many nameless run of the mill camp guards. He probably should have been served a lead sandwich right after the war, but wasn’t... he was allowed to go free... as were countless other Nazis much higher up the food chain.
John Demjanjuk was almost certainly NOT “Ivan the Terrible.”
He was almost certainly an SS guard at a prison camp. Whether he should be deported and tried in Germany, given his poor medical condition, is debatable.
I know Christian men that were held as POWs in Japan. Why aren’t we going after all these Japanese after all these years? The Japs were even more brutal than the Germans.
Is it because Christian are forgiving and the Jews haven’t learned that part yet?
I really don’t know the answer. I just find it an interesting observation that Americans are trying to put old Japanese men up on trial.
What really is the point of sending a bed ridden man that far from his home and family? Is he really a danger to anyone? Can’t they try him via camera/internet and if he is infact guilty then send him then?
This story should serve as a template for stories we’ll be reading in the year 2050 about Talibs we caught back in ‘02 and didn’t summarily execute.
We deport John Demjanjuk but let George Soros stay here. What kind of screwed up priorities are those?
So the evidence against Demjanjuk, came from the KGB? Now they would never falsify anything, would they? FWIW, any Red Army soldier captured by the Germans, by Soviet policy, were considered traitors and therefore condemned to death should they ever return to Soviet soil.