John Demjanjuk

John Demjanjuk, born Ivan Mykolaiovych Demjanjuk on April 3, 1920, in Soviet Ukraine, led a life marked by controversy and infamy. Initially conscripted into the Red Army in 1940, he fought during World War II but was captured by German forces in 1942. Following his capture, he became a Trawniki collaborator, serving as a guard at several Nazi concentration camps, including the notorious Sobibor extermination camp.

Demjanjuk's life took a dramatic turn in the 1980s when he was identified as