A retired auto worker accused of being a Nazi concentration camp guard lost another battle Thursday in his fight to avoid deportation to Europe.
John Demjanjuk, 86, of suburban Cleveland, was ordered deported in 2005 after a federal immigration judge determined he had served at several Nazi death camps during World War II.
Demjanjuk has denied the allegation and still has the right to appeal in federal court the ruling by the Board of Immigration Appeals in Falls Church, Va.
In its ruling, the board said that it has been “conclusively established” in courts that he was a Nazi guard and that there is no reason to believe there is new information in a Soviet spy file about his past, as his lawyer, John Broadley, had argued.
Former Chief Immigration Judge Michael Creppy ruled almost a year ago that there was no evidence to document Demjanjuk’s claim that he would be tortured if deported to his native Ukraine. Creppy ruled that Demjanjuk should be deported to Germany or Poland if Ukraine does not accept him.
Broadley argued to the immigration appeals board that Creppy held an administrative position and should not have assigned the case to himself, and that he was biased because he once wrote an article containing his opinions on Nazi cases. Broadley also said Demjanjuk was not given a fair chance to oppose some findings against him.
“What their reasoning is, we’ll have to take a look at, and federal courts will have to look at it, too,” Broadley said.
Demjanjuk was cleared in 1993 in Israel of being the notorious “Ivan the Terrible,” a sadistic guard at the Treblinka concentration camp.
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I am from Cleveland and I remember this story about Demjanjuk yemach shmo AT LEAST 15 YEARS AGO. THIS STORY IS NOT FROM 2005. Why in the world are they taking so long to throw him out? It’s mamash unbelievable!!