Demjanjuk Timeline: Chronology of the Demjanjuk case
By: The Associated Press
Associated Press
07/13/09 9:50 AM EDT
Key dates in the case of John Demjanjuk:
_ 1920: Born in Ukraine.
_ 1942: Captured by German forces while serving in the Soviet Red Army.
_ 1952: Demjanjuk emigrates to United States, claims to have spent much of World War II in a German prisoner of war camp. Gains U.S. citizenship in 1958.
_ 1977: Justice Department seeks to revoke U.S. citizenship, alleging Demjanjuk hid past as Nazi death camp guard "Ivan the Terrible."
_ 1981: Citizenship revoked.
_ 1986: Extradited to Israel for trial over his alleged role at Treblinka.
_ 1988: Demjanjuk sentenced to death after being found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
_ 1993: Israel's Supreme Court rules 5-0 that Demjanjuk was not "Ivan the Terrible."
_ 1998: Regains U.S. citizenship.
_ 1999: U.S. Justice Dept. files civil complaint against Demjanjuk claiming he served as a guard at the Sobibor and Majdanek camps in occupied Poland and of being a member of an SS unit.
_ 2002: Demjanjuk's U.S. citizenship stripped for second time.
_ 2005: U.S. immigration judge says Demjanjuk can be deported to Germany, Poland or Ukraine.
_ March 11, 2009: German prosecutors issue arrest against Demjanjuk accusing of 29,000 counts of accessory to murder and say they will seek deportation from U.S.
_ March 24, 2009: U.S. officials confirm they've asked Germany for travel documents needed to deport Demjanjuk.
_ April 14, 2009: Immigration officers remove Demjanjuk from his home to federal custody in Cleveland; 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals grants emergency stay of deportation and federal immigration authorities release Demjanjuk from custody.
_ May 1, 2009: 6th Circuit revokes emergency stay, denies additional stay of deportation.
_ May 7, 2009: U.S. Supreme Court judge decides not to hear Demjanjuk's appeal, clearing way for deportation to Germany.
_ May 8, 2009: Immigration officials serve Demjanjuk notice to surrender.
_ May 11, 2009: Berlin court rejects appeal seeking to stop deportation; Demjanjuk leaves home by ambulance and is deported to Germany from a Cleveland airport.
_ May 12, 2009: Demjanjuk arrives in Munich and is transferred to Stadelheim prison where a judge reads his arrest warrant.
_ July 3, 2009: Demjanjuk deemed fit to stand trial though his time in court must not exceed two 90-minute sessions daily.
_ July 13, 2009: Prosecutors formally charge Demjanjuk with 27,900 counts of being an accessory to murder.
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SOURCE: Associated Press reporting, files
