BERLIN (AP) - German authorities say they have charged retired
Ohio auto worker John Demjanjuk with more than 29,000 counts of
accessory to murder for his time as a guard at the Nazi's Sobibor
death camp, and will seek his extradition from the U.S.
Demjanjuk is accused of participating in the murders while he
was a guard at the Nazi camp in occupied Poland between March and
September 1943.
The 88-year-old who lives in a Cleveland suburb denies
involvement.
The Munich prosecutor's office, which is handling the case
because Demjanjuk spent time at a refugee camp in the area after
the war, said Wednesday it was working on the extradition request
with the German government.
U.S. authorities have been seeking to deport Demjanjuk.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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