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Convicted Nazi criminal John Demjanjuk dies at 91, German police say

John Demjanjuk, a retired U.S. autoworker who was convicted of being a guard at the Nazis' Sobibor death camp despite steadfastly maintaining over three decades of legal battles that he had been mistaken for someone else, died Saturday, his son told The Associated Press. He was 91.Demjanjuk, convicted in May of 28,060 counts of being an accessory to murder and sentenced to five years in prison, died a free man in a nursing home in the southern Bavarian town of Bad Feilnbach. He had been released pending his appeal.John Demjanjuk Jr. said in a telephone interview from Ohio that his father died of natural causes. Demjanjuk had terminal bone marrow disease, chronic kidney disease and other ailments.It was not yet known whether he would be brought back to the U.S. for burial.Ukrainian-born Demjanjuk (dehm-YAHN'-yook) had steadfastly denied any involvement in the Nazi Holocaust since the first accusations were levied against him more than 30 years ago."My father fell asleep with the Lord as...

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  11. Defense lawyer assails case against Demjanjuk

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  12. Former US prosecutor testifies that alleged Nazi guard Demjanjuk's story inconsistent

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  2. Timeline: John Demjanjuk , Suspected Nazi Guard

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  3. Timeline: John Demjanjuk , Suspected Nazi Guard

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  4. Key dates in John Demjanjuk's life, including his capture by the Nazis

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